Oh God! Please, The Kickstart solution is better. And if still the computers in the network, you can install several machines at the same time. I was installed 13 machines at the same time using Kickstart. ========================================= Rodrigo Nascimento Debian Woody Freesoftware = Liberty Do you want more something? ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Preston" <apreston@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:39 PM Subject: Re: Duplicating identical systems(i.e. make the HDs the same) > > ======= 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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
