[ale] "easiest" way to clone setup from one machine to another across a network

[Christopher Fowler]

1. Install both drives in one computer
2. Install everything and setup both drives
   as a RAID1 during install.
3. After all is installed and the raid is
   sync'ed turn off computer
4. Boot up on a CD and then change the 
   reference to md0 back to hda1 or whatever.
   Change partition type from raid autodectect to
   ext2.  
5. Remove the second drive and boot.
6. Install 2nd drive in second machine and boot it.



On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 11:43 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> I have two identical machines and I want the same software installed
> on both (initially anyway).
> 
> I was wondering if there was an easier way to do it other than first
> partitioning both, installing on one, taring the directories, and then
> untaring them on the victu--- err "guest" machine.
> 
> I am about to start my own bit of detective work after the install,
> but thought I would get some ideas / experiences from others that
> probably do this more often than I.
> 
> Should it matter, these are Toshiba Satellite A105-s2101 laptops and I
> run Debian on everything because I don't want to expend the energy to
> get used to anything else.  ;-)
> 
> Thanks folks,
> Preston
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