From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 22:06:02 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 E8EA21065674 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:06:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marthom@ymail.com) Received: from web23908.mail.ird.yahoo.com (web23908.mail.ird.yahoo.com [87.248.115.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 551898FC0C for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:06:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marthom@ymail.com) Received: (qmail 43029 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Jun 2009 22:05:59 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ymail.com; s=s1024; t=1245449159; bh=XTTo3LyeGF7TrHRGoLxusQhCDweEgCMOEDejAKB2jcE=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=BbL9dqgwE+L7PyIhdPrzfh6maQhqSOUiG5GT0HSmjf2AvZKI7verDezt1Au6r7bXHHYeWeB3Vk7S7glQH7iJ5xDz1BX0BVwrTzdDqI8rOQ9xO63ACcwxpyVtvl8otdEGhVzyqDmMOCS7euKZ81S23Mgd8SbBvvxHmqzFASeFE9A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=ymail.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=htE7WWByZ6Ahnb7aDzJHmxjsEsbEg4XzSsOa8KvVgbOQUPJk/WsBtH8kpp57giE/6WrOrxYPI1pk4T6L6KbTGBcRiJxWwE8ON24+w/9N4aL7hiyUQT1ealv3MwpjUSR0wi3DenYkTQxfEaKr7q3Gey+fLHt5YMj6yl7AvmCK7ak=; Message-ID: <770828.24190.qm@web23908.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: ._IMOyAVM1me8rcfT4l7ZWysCZ2iCSxBWWOf4gDvzj6JTwtrTqCy8SGIDflwfo.r9Uj0FWFUC8xGVyq04FLyJki6uyNZe9E_dAEnytUJmLWHd6TY290zsbPEvsoZjV0Uec8V9c9KaLKd8xAvAZ6usmgLCptnCvzEAKgWUvAoxutm4UAg_vf8pTWs75iDajZcgBTVcXKl01tTxsJKUq0INdWBInN0_GjRb.I3o2JiIr2iKgHTbDgTaGqrP8fIO4hze2D3uNhKHsI8L1NFnQ-- Received: from [92.73.195.168] by web23908.mail.ird.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:05:59 GMT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.4.17 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.15 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:05:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Martin Thomas To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: freebsd mass deployment 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: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:06:03 -0000 Thanks for the advice given so far, I will have a look at them.=0A=0A@Wojci= ech:=0A=0AYour approach seems too simplistic to me. It might only work unde= r very specific circumstances but is impractical otherwise.=0A=0AConsider, = for example, a network consisting of machines of different types=0A(worksta= tions, web servers, mail servers, ...) with different hardware=0A(different= number of disks, different processor types, ...) and different=0Aconfigura= tion needs (file system, software, access rights, ...). Obviously, =0Ayou c= annot simply dd one system to the other. And if you want to change=0Asome c= onfiguration files on your machines after installation (I do know=0Acfengin= e, by the way) or want to install additional software on some of=0Athem, ar= e you still convinced of your approach? =0A=0AUnix tools are great, but you= r comment looks like an advice to use a swiss army knife for performing a b= ypass surgery ;).=0A=0AMartin=0A=0A=0A