You might also want to exclude /tmp and /var/tmp. Would you have to exclude /dev?
~Mike -><- "And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. :-)" --Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Christopher Fisk wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Jeff Adams wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I have an installation just the way I like it. Now I need to replicate it > >onto 4 other identical machines. > > > >I'd appreciate input on how best to accomplish this. > > > >My perfect world scenario would be to be able to create a bootable > >installation CD that would do the trick for me. > > I've been doing this for a project I'm doing where I'm building a Gentoo > appliance type machine. > > You'll want to create tarballs of the filesystem, but you'll want to > exclude certain directories: > > make an exclude.txt file with the following entries: > > /proc > /mnt/.init.d > > Then issue the command: > > tar -X /path/to/exclude.txt -cpf clone.tar / > > That will give you a tarball of your filesystem. > > Now using your Gentoo Boot disk boot into the installation and setup your > filesystems (You can use sfdisk to read your old partition table from the > original drive and then write it to the new drive if the drives are > identical). Format those drives, mount them as explained in the install > guide and ftp your tarball over to that disk. > > Untar the tarball, then mkdir proc (So you have a place to mount your proc > filesystem) run grub and you are set. > > > Christopher Fisk > -- > I AM NOT A DENTIST > I AM NOT A DENTIST > Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 7F24 > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
