From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 26 15:07:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA8C106564A for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ionut.vancea@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A9328FC19 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:07:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ionut.vancea@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so563285bwz.43 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:07:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/t3f/hMtMqi1UZgPmpOmFppTyYNwMFSVA33uQ3vBZ4Y=; b=lImvi12XYOiUFoX9TaAthfNJxIxWC9cCJGU6sVGDbcAfSD1WORKFdqM47D8hTEIqUt v0J98zugNTWHcaGLFrgy57hyH1GEg0JHkp3qTmzzENqGfo/85RG5Zagmrlo71Gmcsmvp Qzq8ZBK2HukocC1YAidFmyVipxFrde5F1ti7E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SBc+yCx8Drd/KVB3qLDOaO+B0BrZSIA83ldkTwCEMm1DszlzO5rtPT94I4CmsgzfZc Fc5KEu7sn84p+n8PDGNFxx9JMJKZJszrBX9T0spE5d2/EcOASPR2hCgr4ZNz2ceGxEzh JLZ6JHpFnWRGBZSV1r1dMOKRbcFcHnm3zj6XQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.212.2 with SMTP id o2mr422130muq.131.1238078483257; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:41:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <991123400903260424p613c1c2dj53272f9101331760@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400903260424p613c1c2dj53272f9101331760@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:41:23 +0000 Message-ID: <368177940903260741h1dbcb501t26e3adadfc11443d@mail.gmail.com> From: Ionut Vancea To: Odhiambo Washington Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Duplicate Installation of FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:07:34 -0000 Hi, On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Hello list, > > I have installed and configured a FreeBSD system based on 7.1-RELEASE (not > that it matters so much) and I want a way in which I can duplicate this on > several other machines. > What is the easiest and the simplest way? Please consider the K.I.S.S > principle. maybe using Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org/ (it does not support UFS, but il will create a dd copy of your hdd/partition). But you have a user interface, so maybe it is easier to work with. If not, you can boot a livecd and you can use standard tools, like: dd, dump/restore, tar, .. In handbook you will find some useful start tips. Cheers, -- === Ioan Vancea http://www.vioan.ro