On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, WH Bouterse wrote:
> I have read docs, mans etc and seen various posts
> concerning this topic and in fact I think Axalone
> mentioned it a few thousand messages back, however
> I am not clear what the simplest approach is to:
>
> >From machine 'A' Linux Mandrake 6.1 fully functional,
> with a directory full of new 'Cooker' rpms;
>
> To install and/or upgrade machine 'B' the 'testbed',
> with a minimal L-M 6.1 installed and
> network operational between the two machines. Ftp and
> Telnet are working "inhouse". Machine 'B' does not
> have internet access at this time, and will not get it
> until upgraded,"fully stable and functional", and secure.
>
> Is this the "kickstart" idea, or the ftp/wget rpm-upgrade,
> install "as you go" method which I never seem to
> understand or get right?
>
> Suggestions or Inspirations welcome!
>
> William Bouterse
> Juneau Alaska
If your talking about cloneing a production machine, just clone the disk
and run an upgrade.
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MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Axalon
