From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jul 30 9: 0:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from relay21.smtp.psi.net (relay21.smtp.psi.net [38.8.22.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F3D37B561 for ; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:00:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pgatz@tiac.net) Received: from ip186.bedford2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net ([38.32.10.186] helo=icarus.tiac.net) by relay21.smtp.psi.net with smtp (Exim 3.13 #3) id 13IvVp-00012T-00; Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:00:26 -0400 From: peterg Organization: E S R&C To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: duplicating lotsa laptops Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 11:57:46 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: sean@stat.duke.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00073012045000.00796@icarus.tiac.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Here's my problem; I hav a 4.0-R laptop just the way it needs to be. Runs poifectly !! It's a DELL. It's got a 1.4GB HD Now I have 2 other DELLs, same machines but larger HDs, a 2.1GB and a 3.0GB Now, I'd like to duplicate the 1st onto the other 2 laptops. I have plenty of 3C589 type PCMCIA NICs. Suggestions please as to the EASIEST way ?? dd ?? They're not the same size HD and I'd like to use the entire new HD space, also the new drives are bare. w/ dd I'd have to @least load an OS and NFS mount'em ?? right ?? or would I be able to get enough services going from the bootdisks?? Should I read up on making specialty boot disks ?? hmm ... find | cpio ?? I've used this combo succesfully under Linux for just this purpose to duplicate file systems from 1 disk to an NFS mounted 2nd disk Then I'd run LILO to re-establish the boot area on the dupped disk. I've read the mobile archives and Warner mentions "diskprep" for FBSD Anyone know where to get this ?? How would this work ?? Would I have to remove the disks from the laptops and somehow mount them into a desktop system for duplication?? The laptop 2.5" IDE drives are totally diffrent interface on the back than the desktop IDE 3.5" drives we all use. Do they make adapters ?? Pls help get everyone here to FBSD 4.0-R nirvana ... :-) --P ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Mail System Error - Returned Mail Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:31:21 -0400 From: Mail Administrator Your message was not delivered within 4 days. Host freebsd.org is not responding. The following recipients did not receive your message: Please reply to Postmaster@mail.airbridge.net if you feel this message to be in error. Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.airbridge.net Received-From-MTA: dns; [166.141.108.171] [166.141.108.171] Arrival-Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:45:22 -0400 Received: from icarus.tiac.net ([166.141.108.171]) by mail.airbridge.net (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with SMTP id AAA26D1 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 11:45:22 -0400 From: peterg Organization: E S R&C To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: duplicating lotsa laptops Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 07:48:07 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29] Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00072207485100.01933@icarus.tiac.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here's my problem; I got a 4.0-R laptop just the way it needs to be. Runs poifectly !! It's a DELL. It's got a 1.4GB HD Now I got 2 other DELLs, same machines but larger HDs, a 2.1GB and a 3.0GB Now, I'd like to duplicate the 1st onto the other 2 laptops. I have plenty of 3C589 type PCMCIA NICs. Suggestions please as to the EASIEST way ?? dd ?? They're not the same size HD and I'd like to use the entire new HD space, also the new drives are bare. w/ dd I'd have to @least load an OS and NFS mount'em ?? right ?? or would I be able to get enough services going from the bootdisks?? Should I read up on making specialty boot disks ?? hmm ... find | cpio ?? I've used this combo succesfully under Linux for just this purpose to duplicate file systems from 1 disk to an NFS mounted 2nd disk Then I'd run LILO to re-establish the boot area on the dupped disk. I've read the mobile archives and Warner mentions "diskprep" for FBSD Anyone know where to get this ?? How would this work ?? Would I have to remove the disks from the laptops and somehow mount them into a desktop system for duplication?? The laptop 2.5" IDE drives are totally diffrent interface on the back than the desktop IDE 3.5" drives we all use. Do they make adapters ?? Pls help get everyone here to FBSD 4.0-R nirvana ... :-) --P ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message