-----Original Message----- From: steve [mailto:mail@steve-ss.com] Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:18 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc: duncan@ctv.es Subject: [SLE] How to install 10 clients
Is there anyway I can make can make an exact copy of a hard disk on another hard disk, mount the latter back in its original box and it boot as if it were just like the original?
I have 10 identical dell multiplex boxes. Each installation via our lan nfs server takes around 90 minutes because I have to setup nis, nfs and choose much of the software by hand.
Autoyast. http://forgeftp.novell.com//yast/doc/SL10.0/autoinstall/ It's not quite what you're describing -- there's no HD switching involved -- but it'll do a fully-automated install of SuSE, and almost the whole thing can be configured via a graphical interface. (do `yast2 autoyast` at the command line.)