On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:48:55AM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 01/29/2013 10:48 AM, Yasha Karant wrote: > >We have a limited, small, number of IEEE 802.3 connected hardware > >platform identical workstations to clone -- no 802.11 nor any > >shared (remote, distributed) disk storage (at this time). My plan > >was to get one fully operational and configured, and then clone > >the hard drive image onto the remaining machines one hard drive at > >a time. > > > >... > > There are two issues with the procedure you posted: > 1.) Cloning a r/w/ mounted filesystem with dd isn't a good idea, ...
One more minor detail I forgot. Full install of SL is just a few GB, if you clone by rsync, takes a few minutes to copy. With "dd", it will take hours to clone a 3TB/4TB disk. -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
