Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:33:02 -0800 From: Daniel Zappala <zappala@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: zappala@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu Subject: network install and backup Message-ID: <199802240033.QAA15094@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu>
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I'm setting up a lab of 10 FreeBSD PCs. Each of these will run a stock system, modulo the minor config differences needed for each of them (i.e. network configuration). What I want to do is create a backup of the stock system on hard drive or tape drive. Then when a system crashes (or, more likely, is trashed by a student), I want to wipe everything, re-do hard drive partitioning if necessary, and completely reinstall from the backup. Questions: a) How, generally, do I set this up? b) Is it easier to do this via network boot and install (I will have a non-stock kernel including, for example, quad ethernet card drivers), or from an external tape backup that I can plug into the crashed machine? I don't mind spending money on good software if it would help. Thanks, Daniel Zappala zappala@cs.uoregon.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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