Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:22:19 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Nikola =?UTF-8?Q?Kne=C5=BEevi=C4=87?= <laladelausanne@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cluster-wide installation of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20081214232219.80034db3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1AB74D5E-1332-486D-B740-83A09D6858FD@gmail.com> References: <1AB74D5E-1332-486D-B740-83A09D6858FD@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:12:21 +0100, Nikola Knežević <laladelausanne@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a machine running FreeBSD 7.1, and now I would like to > "replicate" it to other machines in our cluster. Other machines have > smaller disks, and a different processor, but all are amd64. > > Is there a way to do this kind of installation (either by copying > content, or installing and then copying /etc) in automated fashion? I > can set up the netboot environment (since I'm using FAI to install > linux on the same machines). Maybe some variation of the method for duplicating partitions' contents mentioned in the handbook can help here: You would need a script to create standard loader, slice and partitions according to your needs (to be calculated from the actual disk capacities) and then dump / restore from the "master system". I'm sure others will encourage you to follow a more professional approach. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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