Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:16:26 -0700 From: "Eli K. Breen" <bsd@unixforge.net> To: Dan Mack <mack@macktronics.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Machine Replication Message-ID: <42E0029A.4090204@unixforge.net> In-Reply-To: <20050721150151.R7966@coco.macktronics.com> References: <42DFF582.1050406@unixforge.net> <20050721150151.R7966@coco.macktronics.com>
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Just as a point of note, I'm not trying to roll out squeeky-clean new machines. Let's say I've got ten-fifteen sets of clusters, I need to be able to just rip a copy and blast it to another machine. Thanks for all the responses so far. -E- Dan Mack wrote: > 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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