Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-15 Thread Dave Ewart
On Tuesday, 14.12.2004 at 22:02 -0600, Rodney Richison wrote: > >Partimage certainly works very well. You can create a bootable CD > >which (assuming your image fits on a CD) you can use to install your > >image. If the image is larger, you can use it across the network. > >Run partimage daemon

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-14 Thread Rodney Richison
Dave Ewart wrote: Partimage certainly works very well. You can create a bootable CD which (assuming your image fits on a CD) you can use to install your image. If the image is larger, you can use it across the network. Run partimage daemon on one box, then boot up your unconfigured box(es) with,

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-09 Thread Kenneth Jacker
rs> For your needs, systemimager may be a better choice. Does the 'updateclient' command in 'systemimager' properly/easily keep the clients current after making changes (packages, config files, etc) on the "golden client"? Allegedly (I haven't used any of these apps yet), 'replicator' provides

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-09 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
Roberto Sanchez wrote: Sarunas Burdulis wrote: Thank you for all the input. Certainly more than one way to do it, as usual... For the single case a simple scp/rsync + grub install seems adequate. However partimage looks like something worth getting familiar with --- so I'll try that. Sarunas F

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-09 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hello Sarunas, a minor correction: Karsten Heymann wrote: > A very low-level way to [clone a workstation] it is using netcat. boot > both systems from cd (knoppix or similiar) and let them have access to > each other over the net (a cross-cable and manual chosen 192.168.0.x IP's > will do). Both

Re: Cloning a workstation [PowerCockpit]

2004-12-08 Thread ocl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 2004-12-08 19:51: Try PowerCockpit. Allows you to copy an image of the original workstation (to a file) then deploy the image to another machine (which may be dissimilar). Are you sure it supports Debian? http://www.mountainviewdata.com/us/products/pwc/pwc_system.html The

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Sarunas Burdulis wrote: Thank you for all the input. Certainly more than one way to do it, as usual... For the single case a simple scp/rsync + grub install seems adequate. However partimage looks like something worth getting familiar with --- so I'll try that. Sarunas For your needs, systemim

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
Thank you for all the input. Certainly more than one way to do it, as usual... For the single case a simple scp/rsync + grub install seems adequate. However partimage looks like something worth getting familiar with --- so I'll try that. Sarunas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hello Sarunas, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Hello, > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, > not a massive install. What to

RE: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Chris Lale
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:42, Croy, Nathan wrote: > > From: Sarunas Burdulis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:31 AM > > > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom > > configuration and > > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ben Bettin wrote: I've been looking into doing the same thing at my office. After researching a bit, Partimage sounded like a nifty program (http://partimage.org/). I havn't tried it yet, but everything I've read about it sounded promising. I believe, however, that the project is dead. There has

RE: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread bluesky6
Try PowerCockpit. Allows you to copy an image of the original workstation (to a file) then deploy the image to another machine (which may be dissimilar). Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Croy, Nathan
> From: Sarunas Burdulis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:31 AM > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom > configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE H

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Joao Clemente
Eric Gaumer wrote: On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 10:14 -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: Hello, I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, not

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Hello, > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, > not a massive install

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Dave Ewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday, 08.12.2004 at 10:38 -0500, Ben Bettin wrote: > I've been looking into doing the same thing at my office. After > researching a bit, Partimage sounded like a nifty program > (http://partimage.org/). I havn't tried it yet, but everything

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 10:14 -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Hello, > > I need to clone a workstation (which has some custom configuration and > scripts added to otherwise basic Sarge/KDE) into another set of > absolutely identical hardware (Intel Pentium 4, IDE HD). Just one clone, > not a mas

Re: Cloning a workstation

2004-12-08 Thread Ben Bettin
I've been looking into doing the same thing at my office. After researching a bit, Partimage sounded like a nifty program (http://partimage.org/). I havn't tried it yet, but everything I've read about it sounded promising. I believe, however, that the project is dead. There hasn't been an updat