From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 23 17:01:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04328 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:01:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu (hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu [128.223.4.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04306 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 17:01:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zappala@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu) Received: from hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA15094; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:33:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zappala@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu) Message-Id: <199802240033.QAA15094@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: zappala@hepburn.cs.uoregon.edu Subject: network install and backup Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:33:02 -0800 From: Daniel Zappala Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm setting up a lab of 10 FreeBSD PCs. Each of these will run a stock system, modulo the minor config differences needed for each of them (i.e. network configuration). What I want to do is create a backup of the stock system on hard drive or tape drive. Then when a system crashes (or, more likely, is trashed by a student), I want to wipe everything, re-do hard drive partitioning if necessary, and completely reinstall from the backup. Questions: a) How, generally, do I set this up? b) Is it easier to do this via network boot and install (I will have a non-stock kernel including, for example, quad ethernet card drivers), or from an external tape backup that I can plug into the crashed machine? I don't mind spending money on good software if it would help. Thanks, Daniel Zappala zappala@cs.uoregon.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message