Giles Nunn said: > Hi all, > > I tried the dd route to do exactly the same thing. I wanted to recreate > a server or a variation of it quickly and easily. Eventually I gave up > and used systemimager instead. It is quick and simple. It is based on > rsync and it is in woody. I have it working using network boot and it > takes ~3 minutes to boot, partition and install a complete base server - > fully automatically. I am still playing with it as I want to script the > autoconfig of multiple copies of a base server, but it works brilliantly > for a simple clone as it is.
Why reinvent fire.... Systemimager works beautifully. I use it to deply to a bunch of lab computers, completelly hands off via a bootable cd. And also use to backup/restore my servers when and if an upgrade or system goes bad. I use the deb files from systemimager.org... -- --Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
