-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave Howorth wrote: > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:07 -0400, James Tremblay wrote: >> How does on build an image for and what tools does one need to clone a >> master image to a lab? >> If the simple copying of an image leaves you with an unbootable system > > What makes you say this? If the systems are identical why can't you just > copy the raw disk from the master system? > > Cheers, Dave >
I think this really depends on whether one wants to clone a configuration in which some settings are unique to the workstation i.e. certificates, I.D.s, keys, hardware drivers etc but the installed application base is the same, or just make a mirror image. This is a common problem in the Education sector where one needs to a lot of machines with apparently the same set of applications. The former does make this installation relatively straightforward, the latter could give major headaches if you need to put the same image on multiple machines, and would not be entirely useful when hardware components had changed What would be useful is a script could be run against an already configured machine, that created a DVD (or network image) containing all hardware related RPMS, only the RPMs required for the particular setup, Then installed a script which went through the hardware phase, automatically installed the defined RPMs and then generated unique keys/certificates as the installation CD/DVD does and only prompts for things like machine name for a configured machine The YaST AutoInstall system seems to have some of the this kind of capability but seems to be rather complex to use .... In fact page 2 of the manual for this answers your question to some extent... Ghost used to do this with Windows, but I do not think the consumer version does this anymore. The only other tools I have come across which could do this are commercial (Ultris, Zen and something from M$). - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGjRrZasN0sSnLmgIRAmu6AKD4/2tyWziVig6Yys3wxwVDYL2oJwCgtYBP EJrua+dydD0NfoT+SBvNHFM= =KWvL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
