Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 10:26:35 -0500 From: "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> To: "Steve Douville" <fbsd@douville.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Building Identical Configurations Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEKLHMAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <006401c62999$f57db830$36741d46@sdouvilnonq1>
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I use "ghost" to create a compressed image copy of the systems hard drive to a second H.D. or cdrom, or dvd. Then boot from it to restore to the hard drive of the PC I want to have the same system. Ghost is a ms/windows pgm, but it uses it's own pc-dos version of ghost to do native DOS dump/restores without widows. After the restore just boot from the target HD and you have a cloned box of the original. When doing a hard drive dump it takes the mbr and boot records so it can restore to different or bigger sized HD with no problems. It works the same way for windows/freebsd/lunix or for that matter any operating system that uses the standard mbr hard drive configuration. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Steve Douville Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:48 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Building Identical Configurations I'd like to build and tune one server and then create an iso of the configuration so that I can easily build additional machines in the same configuration. I've tried googling but perhaps I just haven't used the right search parameters to find the info I'm looking for. I have figured out being able to create the iso using mkisofs and creating a bootable disk. I'm just not sure what part of the file system I need and then how to go about building the new machines once I have the disk ready. Can anyone point me to some sites or if it's easier than that, just give me some idea? Thanks! Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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