Hi,

On 7/25/05, Julio Cesar Ody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm willing to create a single image which I can use to make multiple
> installations of my current GNU/Linux operating system. So that's why
> plan to do:
> 
> # bzip2 -lc < /dev/hda > mysys.bz2

If you're doing multiple installations, you might like to think about
using a network to multicast the image with a tool such as
http://www.partimage.org/.

It works in a very similar way to Norton/Symantec Ghost.

> 
> So I should be getting the entire content of the disk (which will be
> partitionless, and I'll use a file as swap if needed) into mysys.bz2.
> 
> I'm then wondering a way to do the same with the disk MBR. I don't
> want to have to go through a live cd and install Lilo for every
> "instance" I spawn. Any ideas on how to do it?
> 
> 
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Cheers,
Rob.

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