Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 16:11:08 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl@mcs.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning systems Message-ID: <8098.805072268@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jul 95 17:46:01 CDT." <m0sTzgH-000IDPC@venus.mcs.com>
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Perhaps if you could clarify just what it is you want to do when you say "clone" here? It's certainly been my idea for awhile to make the install "templatable" where if you take the standard boot floppy and write a special file onto it, the install would automatically see it and inherit those values automatically. rather than asking the user. Then you could set up a machine as a "generation station" for such configs and hand students in some educational cluster a boot floppy which they take home (or into a special lab) and install their machine for the semester. But I also suspect that this isn't what you mean when you say "clone" and would appreciate more detail. I'm always up for new ideas in the installation! Jordan > How are other people doing it? > > The base install package wants to take over, and if you quit, you get nailed > with an immediate reboot. Not good if you want to clone systems. > > I want to be able to clone easily -- I can with BSDI, as their installation > has parts I can run from a shell to do things like partition disks in a > reasonable and easy to use format. FreeBSD appears not to have this as a > possible option. > > Am I missing something here? > > -- > -- > Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity > Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | (shell, PPP, SLIP, leased) in Chicagoland > Voice: [+1 312 248-8649] | 7 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more > Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.ne t > ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL AP Clarinet feed!
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