On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 09:50:29AM -0500, nrvale0 wrote: > > > apt-get install any other packages on an as-needed basis. After the > > one machine is properly installed, you could clone the drive with tar, > > drive image, ghost, etc. > > I usually make a Ghost image of a base install with just the absolute > necessities. Then you can take your Ghost model machine and install > the extra stuff that you need. Ghost the base image onto the rest of > the machines and then do transfer the package database state from the > model machine to the new ones using dpkg --get-selections and dpkg > --set-selections. Seems to work very well overall. >
Well, for the cloning we have been using the VA SystemImager over a bare, minimum install that we then build to our needs. It's very nice: http://systemimager.sourceforge.net For the packages you don't want installed you can do dummy packages to fill the gaps. -- Jose AP Celestino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------- No small art is it to sleep: it is necessary for that purpose to keep awake all day. -- Nietzsche
