[wplug] Linux imaging

[scoob8000]

I would agree to using Sysrescd and DD.

Here is the Sourceforge page for downloading the ISO.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=85811&package_id=88964

Note, if the machines have enough ram, you really only need one copy
of the disc.

At the boot prompt, enter "rescuecd docache".  This will cache the
entire cd to memory, so once booted you can eject the disc.

net-setup eth0 is the command there to configure your ip info.

Use DD and Netcat to do the heavy lifting.

"nc -l -p 9000 | dd of=/dev/sda"
Tells netcat to listen on port 9000 and dump it to /dev/sda (provided
this is your first hard drive.  Do a "fdisk -l" to determine what your
particular drive is.)

"dd if=/dev/sda | nc 192.168.1.1 9000"
Tells dd to read the contents of /dev/sda and transfer it to
192.168.1.1 (Or whatever IP you ran the listen command on above).

The big thing with DD is to double check before you hit enter.  You
don't want to accidently issue the wrong command on the wrong box, or
mix up your IF and OF (in file and out file).

When you are all said and done imaging, you can modify each box as you
need to.  Even if the hardware is slightly different, Kudzu should be
able to take care of the changes on the first bootup.

-Mike