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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.

you should invest some time to set up a diskless/pxe environment, then
booting diskless is zero pain, and you can then copy disks without
stepping on your toes (or foot shooting).

my .5$
danny