[wplug] Linux imaging

[Paul Armor]

Hi,

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, larry at daberko.com wrote:

> 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?

I'd use anaconda and automate the installs to some degree; take the 
ks-config from the first machine and use it to install the others.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda

Thanks,
Paul