I've used clonezilla to create a disk image to copy to another hard drive is this how you create the disk image? How do you make a machine boot to a specific disk image?
JT On 3/25/2016 1:45 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: > There are many schemes that work. One of my favorites is to not store any > data at all on the client machines. One benefit is that you never have to > do a backup of a client machine and if one fails it is trivial to replace > it quickly. You never copy files so the OP's problem never happens. > > What you do is create a disk image file on a server and have the client > machines boot off that image. It is rare to find PC hardware that can't be > configured in the BIOS to do a network boot. After they boot they use DHCP > to get a unique hostname and IP address. User directories use auto mount > so all user data and files appear as if they were local on an as needed > basis. So basically you just get a computer with no hard drive and plug in > the Ethernet cable and flip the power switch. It's way-easy because with > no local hard drive there is not a lot of configuration you CAN do. Almost > all PC hardware will attempt to do a network boot if there is no disk, CD > or floppy drive installed > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Transform Data into Opportunity. > Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > Click to learn more. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
