>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eli K. Breen >Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:21 PM >To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Machine Replication > >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)
If you need stuff replicated fast and you don't mind a bit of setup, there is emulab http://www.emulab.net/. I can push out new images to machines in less than 10 minutes including the time it takes to reboot twice (once into the imager and once back to the OS). You may need to use UFS1 for your filesystems though, I don't know if the imager can handle UFS2 yet. We use UFS1 here just to be safe. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
