On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:08:44 -0400 James Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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? A couple of things: 1. Take a look at CloneZilla http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/ 2. AFAIK, the virtual file systems, such as /proc are strictly virtual and are created on the fly. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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