From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 25 7:30: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8852237BDF5 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:29:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost.freebsd.dk [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA04557; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 16:29:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Forrest Aldrich Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Streamlining FreeBSD installations across many machines In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:23:37 EST." <4.2.2.20000225102306.00c59600@216.67.12.69> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 16:29:54 +0100 Message-ID: <4555.951492594@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <4.2.2.20000225102306.00c59600@216.67.12.69>, Forrest Aldrich writes : >Perhaps this would be of interest in CURRENT issues: > > >We have several servers that we plan on deploying across the US. Their >purpose in life is network status and monitoring. The hardware profiles >are exactly the same... > >Currently, we're using DD to mirror a disk image onto a new installation, >and them nanually tweaking all the necessary configurations. It's >tedious, and is going to get hellish with the amount we plan on deploying. There was actually a good deal of interest in this at FreeBSDcon'99, and I belive we managed to bully^H^H^H^H^H^Hpersuade Wes Peters to take an active role in coordinating efforts in this area ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message