Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1532 mails)

[Pavel Nemec <pnemec@xxxxxxx>]

Dne Wednesday 04 July 2007 23:07:34 James Tremblay napsal(a):
> How does on build an image for and what tools does one need to clone a
> master image to a lab?
> If the simple copying of an image leaves you with an unbootable system
> and even a tool like ACRONIS leaves you with tasks what then does one
> do?
> Is there a set of commands like "sysprep" for creating a master? Is
> there a guide?
> --
> James Tremblay
> Director of Technology
> Newmarket School District
> Newmarket,NH
> http://en.opensuse.org/Education
> "let's make a difference"

I read this interesting thread and i want to give you my 2` cents.

For purpose booting many computers with same (similar) image and for updating them we use special process in NLPOS9.
We boot standard system  (small kernel with small initrd) from PXE/DHCP and than download "working" image over ftp. Then we unpack this working image and chroot in it. All configurations are done off-line, when image is prepared. 

After every boot we can ensure updated and prepared environment. Images could be build with kiwi [1]
For more information about NLPOS9 [2] - 1.1 Architecture overview


[1] - http://en.opensuse.org/KIWI ;
[2] -  http://www.novell.com/documentation/nlpos9/pdfdoc/nlpos9_install/nlpos9_install.pdf

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Pavel Nemec
Software Engineer
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