From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 20:11:15 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB8B1065707 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77C998FC29 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so699165bwz.43 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:11:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=E8XtlSCo93pbbt4w75ILEl+xBQsKxzqP6i6UwXGlJRA=; b=Loa3ZLn3MlFXvYo45dabpf7COqRbfKHRPMGCDXcJ23waxBNrLdTEY5HqDr0sj5eLsW Dhgo5fT8eLIsLQQeMCZKBverwJlbb7WQulI6K7NIn4iZOjQdTg8G1PopCVwIJ3fNAZ+m sD6UZ5DxAApOFKU4YNWlTP18q6S40lNYeRXG0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=pZBHXXJ3h3tcKwPuxJzPQJ8AVBPwj2YyM6yodM6gb+i8IzW4Jfc3PQ21ZJfz6Slnw+ u4fh/a81nr7/7NH1m1DLDcrAmvHsqGidJtPRoevjRCivJC+KUqCTNuJmvMrNAASeS/aD x07gs6hqKW8ykfp/An/fYzkXnpVSuHtGkQAVY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.111.211 with SMTP id t19mr1008979fap.64.1238098273191; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:11:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <991123400903260424p613c1c2dj53272f9101331760@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:11:13 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400903261311r12d38b6h9c00ccdc1d0b54fb@mail.gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington To: Andrew Gould Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Duplicate Installation of FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:15 -0000 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > >> Hello list, >> >> I have installed and configured a FreeBSD system based on 7.1-RELEASE (not >> that it matters so much) and I want a way in which I can duplicate this on >> several other machines. >> What is the easiest and the simplest way? Please consider the K.I.S.S >> principle. >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Odhiambo WASHINGTON, >> Nairobi,KE >> +254733744121/+254722743223 >> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a >> baby." >> - Natalie Wood >> > > If the hard drives are the same size, you might consider cloning the > installation using g4u (ghost for unix): > > http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ I know about it, but I have also used WinPE (with imagex) and compared, I fell in love with the Microsloth tool - creates a smaller image and applies it much faster. Sorry guys, I just had to mention it. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." - Natalie Wood