Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:22:21 -0400 From: james@tanis.us To: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning to different disks. Message-ID: <d55b497a0489378f1eb9c097414f56dd.squirrel@tanis.us> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907012155010.1718@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <EA51B00A86774AFEA7CB6897F5F6060D@GRANT> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0907012155010.1718@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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>> Each machine only has 1 hard disk, but they all have a CD ROM and USB >> available. >> >> I have built a pristine system with all packages and ports installed >> that I need. >> >> I am now wanting to clone this to all the machines. The dificulty being >> that they all have various Disk sizes and interfaces (i.e. SCSI 3, SAS, >> etc). >> > there is no difficulty. > > tar up your set to file, on disk or available on network (NFS for example) > > boot from live CD, make disklabels, do newfs and untar your set on each > machine, then change /etc/rc.conf - like hostname and IP If he set up the original on the box with the smallest drive really he need only make an image with dd on to a usb drive, boot to a live disk on the new machine, and write the image to the new disk. On disks with compatible interfaces you could temporarily install the drive and skip the usb portion. After the write he'll need to mount the new drive and modify rc.conf and fstab to the correct settings -- other then that he should be good. No disk(re)labeling needed. Sure you might be out some space if the other drives are substantially bigger but you can always add the partitions later. Depends if time is of the essence or not I guess.
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