On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:51:47PM +1000, DaZZa wrote: > OK guru's. :-) > > I'm in a situation where I need to duplicate on a mass basis - to the > order or 3000-5000 units - a Linux setup off a headless box. > > All the destination boxes will be identical in specification, and the > same as the original. At this point (trial - only 15 to do), I've made > an image of the disk using DD to a USB attached drive - which works, > and gets the new boxes working, but takes 3+ hours to dump the image > back to the new boxes. > > 3+ hours over 5000 machines is not really acceptable. :-) > > Is there a better way to do this? Something which will make a smaller > image and dump back quicker - most of the disk is empty, there's only > about 15 gig of actual data/setup on a 160 gig drive - and still > maintain the partition setup/bootability like using DD does? > > Willing to listen to anyone who has a cluestick and is willing to apply it. buy a disk duplicating enclose (or hardware raid/swraid ) and use it to duplicate drives > > Thanks. > > DaZZa > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >
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