From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 15:47:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A75C16A433 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:47:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E496543F1A for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:26:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.117]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20060204152641.NDN14388.mta9.adelphia.net@barbish>; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:26:41 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" To: "Steve Douville" , Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:26:35 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <006401c62999$f57db830$36741d46@sdouvilnonq1> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Building Identical Configurations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:47:35 -0000 I use "ghost" to create a compressed image copy of the systems hard drive to a second H.D. or cdrom, or dvd. Then boot from it to restore to the hard drive of the PC I want to have the same system. Ghost is a ms/windows pgm, but it uses it's own pc-dos version of ghost to do native DOS dump/restores without widows. After the restore just boot from the target HD and you have a cloned box of the original. When doing a hard drive dump it takes the mbr and boot records so it can restore to different or bigger sized HD with no problems. It works the same way for windows/freebsd/lunix or for that matter any operating system that uses the standard mbr hard drive configuration. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Steve Douville Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:48 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Building Identical Configurations I'd like to build and tune one server and then create an iso of the configuration so that I can easily build additional machines in the same configuration. I've tried googling but perhaps I just haven't used the right search parameters to find the info I'm looking for. I have figured out being able to create the iso using mkisofs and creating a bootable disk. I'm just not sure what part of the file system I need and then how to go about building the new machines once I have the disk ready. Can anyone point me to some sites or if it's easier than that, just give me some idea? Thanks! Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"