[wplug] Linux imaging

[larry at daberko.com]

Hi, I've been tasked with installing 10 Fedora8 boxes.  I plan to make one
master install and copy that to the 9 others.  The boxes are all the same
model, if not exactly the same.

The data size is 5GB,  HDD size 80GB, network is 100Mbps.

I'm reading various methods of imaging Linux.
dd - Will work, but copies every bit on the drive
tar - have to partition and load bootloader.
dump/restore - I've done in BSD, but never Linux.
pulling drives - I'd rather avoid that.

The master will be installed in the shop, while the copies will be done at
the customer's site.  I might have access to a windows laptop if needed. 
I may be able to do multiple machines at once if any are available.

What would you recommend doing in this situation?

Thanks,
-Larry Daberko