======= At 2003-11-19, 19:17:00 you wrote: ======= >From: Marvin Blackburn <mblackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: duplicating a system .. >We will be getting several new systems to install. Their installation and >configuration >will be nearly identical. Same filesystems, same users, same policies etc. > >Is there an easy way to install and configure one system, then duplicate it >on the others. >(hardware will be the same). > >These are more than just intall options, there is some post installation >configuration that >needs to be duplicated also. > >------------------ >Marvin Blackburn >Systems Administrator >Glen Raven >"He's no failure. He's not dead yet" --William Lloyd George > You could install the first system, get everything setup (config the printer, network...) Then attach the other HDs to the first system use dd to copy /dev/hda to /dev/hdb /dev/hdc and/or /dev/hdd You now have 4 identical drives. Knowing a little about the geometry of the disks you could add a count, block size and make the copy a bit faster. Or, you could get a program like Norton Ghost(I think that is the one someone I worked with used) to duplicate the disks. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards. Tony Preston apreston at comcast.net 2003-11-19 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
