Hi, Well, a bit-complex shell script could do what you're looking for (the script should be smart enough for multi-level stages though), but there are other solutions (although I don't know if they are using PXE):
* System Imager - http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Main_Page * FAI (Fully Automated install) - http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ - this one fully supports PXE Hope this helps, Hetz On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We have been duplicating an image of our OS for years now - using a PXE, > anaconda and dumping of a tar.gz file. > > We have now moved on from RedHat to a more supported flavor Debian. > > I wondered if anyone knows of a more advanced or better way of doing the above > dumping of the tar.gz? > > Basically this is what I need: > 1) Boot > 2) Partition the HD > 3) mkfs > 4) Start the network driver > 5) DHCP on it > 6) TFTP get tar.gz file and dump it into the HD > 7) done (reboot) > > -- > Noam Rathaus > CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.beyondsecurity.com > > "Know that you are safe." > > Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
