I had a shell script that would replicate a machine when I ran my ISP; you put the loader and partition table, plus a minimal system on the new machine, then ran the script and pointed it at the "source".
SSSSLLLLUUURRRRPPP! In about 20 minutes it was done. Not hard to do at all with a simple shell script..... Used this all the time to "push" new OS versions out to the cluster (a couple of dozen machines) when I was done testing them.... as well as adding new machines to the existing cluster as demand warranted. -- -- Karl Denninger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://homecuda.com Emerald Coast: Buy / sell homes, cars, boats! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 03:04:01PM -0500, Dan Mack wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Eli K. Breen wrote: > > >All, > > > >Does anyone have a good handle on how to replicate (read: image) a > >freebsd machine from one machine to an ostensibly similar machine? > > > >So far I've used countless variations and combinations of the following: > > > >dd (Slow, not usefull if the hardware isn't identical?) > >tar (Doesn't replicate MBR) > >rsync (No MBR support) > >Norton Ghost (Doesn't support UFS/UFS2?) > >G4U (little experience with this) > > <snip> > > Is there a jumpstart (solaris), kickstart (redhat linux), roboinst (irix), > or ignite (hpux) like auto-installer for BSD? > > If there was, then I wouldn't image the disk at all, I'd instead setup up > custom network images that I could blast to any system just by pxebooting > it. I'm not sure if it is possible with FreeBSD though, anyone? > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > %SPAMBLOCK-SYS: Matched [EMAIL PROTECTED], message ok _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
