Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:40:14 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning to different disks. Message-ID: <4A4BBB9E.5080008@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <EA51B00A86774AFEA7CB6897F5F6060D@GRANT> References: <EA51B00A86774AFEA7CB6897F5F6060D@GRANT>
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Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I have serveral machines that are running different versions of FreeBSD. > > Each machine only has 1 hard disk, but they all have a CD ROM and USB available. > > I have built a pristine system with all packages and ports installed that I need. > > I am now wanting to clone this to all the machines. The dificulty being that they all have various Disk sizes and interfaces (i.e. SCSI 3, SAS, etc). > > I am wondering how everyone else might handle this situation. BTW, The new build uses a standard Generic kernel, i386 build. > > I was thinking of: > > Booting with a live CD, refdisking, labeling, then using dumps from memory stick. > > Comments please, > > -Grant > Done that and it works. Don't forget also to install the boot blocks.
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