Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 21:58:30 +0300 (MSK) From: "."@babolo.ru To: hassan@cs.earlham.edu (Hassan Halta) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Distribute FreeBSD on huge cluster Message-ID: <200112271858.VAA22611@aaz.links.ru> In-Reply-To: <20011227132007.C13084-100000@quark.cs.earlham.edu> from "Hassan Halta" at "Dec 27, 1 01:24:27 pm"
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Hassan Halta writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this list will be the right list to ask this question, but any help
> will be appreciated.
>
> I am looking for a way that I can distribute FreeBSD on a huge cluster; 26
> machines, but the problem I am running into, is if I used a sysinstall
> scripts, then that would allow me to install a basic FreeBSD distribution,
> and in the future, when I need to install more ports, I need to do that on
> all cluster manually, or just simply do the install again with more
> packaging. I am wondering if I am somewhere in a trap, or if there's a
> quick and an easy way to manage this problem.
I usually build one system and than dd disk image to all disks
(or part of disk using seek= and skip= dd parameters
if FBSD coexists with M$).
If I want to install some ports to establised system,
I share /usr/ports ro and ${TMPDIR}/usr/ports rw
to all systems and then clear ${TMPDIR}/usr
(
0garkin~(5)>cat /etc/make.conf
.....
PACKAGES=${TMPDIR}
WRKDIRPREFIX=${TMPDIR}
MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=${TMPDIR}
.....
)
such that I can make build on
master system and then make reinstall
on all systems. Upgrade is the same,
but share /usr/src and ${TMPDIR}/usr/src instead.
I have a script in my fwvm to take shells
on all systems in one shot (nil2 font default)
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