>>> On 10/29/2008 at 9:49 AM, Scott Rohling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > True for cloning -- not true if you use the RedHat 'kickstart' method (or > SuSE autoyast, which I haven't tried, personally). I've helped several > clients implement an 'automated kickstart' - which involves creating the > necessary config files on the 191 (or other addressed) disk, punching the > install kernel to the reader and ipling the reader. The config file points > to a kickstart config on an install server -- and the automated install > takes off. A new server is created this way rather than cloning..
Not to elongate this thread too much more, but none of that requires a read-write 191 disk (or any other local disk). You can send the three files (kernel/parmfile/initrd) from another userid and just IPL from the reader. If that other userid has some automation built into it, you can do things like select DASD devices and IP addresses from a predefined pool, craft a custom parmfile and kickstart/AutoYaST file and away you go. Mark Post
