[ale] Copying entire machines

[Christopher S. Adams]

sounds like you need someone to install linux on the machines *hint hint*
*wink wink* =P

Chris

On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Patrick Ramsey wrote:

> <grin>  Yes... my supposedly "identical" compaqs I am cloning were obviously manufactured at different time frames.  1 out of 5 (with the exact same specs) has a hard drive from a different manufacturer than the original.
> arghh.... needless to say, I have to install linux from scratch on each of these machines.. (I'm using Norton Ghost) Really tight compression and supports cloning of multiple machines at the same time.
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> >>> Adam Teja <arteja at yahoo.com> 06/11 3:06 PM >>>
> We use Quarterdecks DiskClone... in raw write mode to
> clone our Linux servers. The only limitation that
> this has is it the disks have to be of the same
> geometry (heads, cyls, etc...)
> 
> regards,
> Adam
> 
> --- Michael at celery.atl.mediaone.com wrote:
> > > Anyone know of a quick and easy way to copy a
> > Linux setup to an identical
> > > machine? (multiple machines actually) 
> > > 
> > > I have tried ghost and it seems to work fine until
> > you reboot... then all I
> > > get is a "LI" when LiLo attempts to load. 
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions?
> > > 
> > > Or is there a way I can manually fix the "LI"
> > problem after I ghost each
> > > machine?  I am assuming lilo is not finding the
> > boot information.  Does this
> > make sense? 
> > 
> > Don't know what "ghost" is, but it sounds like it
> > copies everything from one
> > disk to another.
> > 
> > I would make a boot flopply (which uses the HD as
> > root--so only the kernel is
> > on the floppy) and boot the new machine once.  Now
> > run lilo on the new machine
> > and toss out the floppy (okay, just set it aside
> > until you know it works).
> > 
> > --Michael
> > 
> 
> ===
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> 
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