Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:33:14 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@os.org.za> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rolling multiple FreeBSD installations Message-ID: <19991022193313.E1712@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910230122220.38418-100000@kg.ops.uunet.co.za>; from khetan@link.freebsd.os.org.za on Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:28:17AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910230122220.38418-100000@kg.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:28:17AM +0200, Khetan Gajjar wrote: > Hi. > > I'd like to create a FreeBSD installation and then duplicate > it onto multiple PC's, only changing the hostname and IP address. > This would be done with 3.3-RELEASE, and is necessary > because the boxes will be identical except for location. > > Off the top of my head, two easy methods come to mind : > 1 - install, customise, dd the drive and then dd onto the > new drives (they are identical) > 2 - install a standard distribution, and then cp / untar the > customised machine via NFS I've been using CVSup for this very thing. I made several different supfiles, for different subsets of the system. -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (781) 899-7484 x704 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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