On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 17:22 +0100, G T Smith wrote: > -----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$). > GT, Thanks for your answer. I have an SLA with Novell that includes the Zenworks Suite, I'm having a hard time finding any documentation pertaining to "preparing a SLED10 \SUSE linux image for Cloning". > > James Tremblay > Director of Technology > Newmarket School District > Newmarket,NH > http://en.opensuse.org/Education > "let's make a difference"
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