Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:04:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com> To: "Eli K. Breen" <bsd@unixforge.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machine Replication Message-ID: <20050721150151.R7966@coco.macktronics.com> In-Reply-To: <42DFF582.1050406@unixforge.net> References: <42DFF582.1050406@unixforge.net>
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Eli K. Breen wrote: > All, > > Does anyone have a good handle on how to replicate (read: image) a freebsd > machine from one machine to an ostensibly similar machine? > > So far I've used countless variations and combinations of the following: > > dd (Slow, not usefull if the hardware isn't identical?) > tar (Doesn't replicate MBR) > rsync (No MBR support) > Norton Ghost (Doesn't support UFS/UFS2?) > G4U (little experience with this) <snip> Is there a jumpstart (solaris), kickstart (redhat linux), roboinst (irix), or ignite (hpux) like auto-installer for BSD? If there was, then I wouldn't image the disk at all, I'd instead setup up custom network images that I could blast to any system just by pxebooting it. I'm not sure if it is possible with FreeBSD though, anyone? Dan
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