On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 13:10 +0200, Per Jessen wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: > > > Install image file: > > > > 1. boot target system from knoppix or rescue or with NFS-root or or or > > 2. partition drive > > 3. create filesystems > > 4. for each partition do > > 4a. mount <part> /mnt > > 4b. cd /mnt > > 4c. tar xzvf <imagefile> > > 4d. cd - > > 4e. umount /mnt > > 5. run lilo if you intend to boot from harddisk. > > Forgot to add that you need to create mount points such as /proc, > maybe /dev, /sys. And I think you may need to exclude them from tar > when creating the image file. Per, Thank you for the answer. That is a really complicated process, I imagine that you are telling me this needs to be done to each recipient? could it be set up as a pxe boot task? What about bit transfer type solutions like Ghost? Is there no way of setting a running system back to the hardware discovery process? could one re-invoke YaST-install at the last stage (after first reboot, when the system believes it has all its files in place? -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Newmarket,NH http://en.opensuse.org/Education "let's make a difference"
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