Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > But, when managing several machines this way, is it really necessary to > have *each* of them build LFS individually? Let's say that all your > client machines are i686 (which is very likely). Would not building LFS > in the exact same way, with the exact same commands, on each of those > machines produce *exactly* the same code? (kernel individualization not > counted) > > If so, in a situation like this, wouldn't it be more efficient to have > one machine build the master system, so to speak and then copy it over > to each of the others? Perhaps even create your own RPM repository > (don't cringe!) that you build, according to LFS instructions and then > deploy to the remaining clients.
Yup. I did that quite successfully on several identical systems. Just tar it up and untar into a fresh partition. A couple of config files need to be updated for IP address, host name, etc, but overall it is a very efficient process. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
