too much [physical] work kiggs !
On Jul 22, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > > Install one machine then > Put the hard disks to be cloned of the second one in the first PC one as a > secondary hard disk > > Then on command line run > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb > > If = Input File (Source hard disk) and of = output (cloned drive) > > It will also do the partitions in the cloning > > If you can put more than one disk in the PC you can write a for loop and do > it > > Something like (if you could put on 5 disks sdb, sdc, sdd, sde and sdf) > > for i in /dev/sd[b-f] ; do dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/$i ; done > > Kiggs > > On Jul 22, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Markus A. Wipfler wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> what are my options for automating installation of 15 PCs (same hardware)? I >> want to avoid installing them 1 by 1, or having to burn 15 cd's. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Markus_______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. >> --------------------------------------- >> > > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > - ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > SERVAL LTD. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > > http://serval.ug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
