On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 05:43:56PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> at the ostc david has some disk mirroring server set up, I cannot
> remember the name of it, but it can image a harddrive over a network
> and store it on a server. You can then restore the hard drive onto any
> number of workstations. he uses it to replicate setups and restore
> machines to a known state.
> plan:
> 1. setup knoppix via knx-hdinstall onto the machine with a cdrom.
> 2. mirror said machine to the server.
> 3. install on cdrom-less workstations.
> 4. after the fest david can re-image with the setup of his choice.
> 5. guest compile boxes are assumed to have a cdrom.
This sounds like a good plan, too. Since this infrastructure is already
in place and tested, it's likely to be the quickest and easiest option.
The OTSC machines should be reimaged at the end of the installfest,
though. We should leave the machines in a state that is useful to
David, rather than leaving him to reimage them all.
Cheers,
-mjg
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