-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pavel Nemec wrote:
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?
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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_inst...
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Very interesting... I have worked with remote boot with Netware/DOS in the past and it worked well until Windows 95 made life difficult. I had a little trouble with getting the pdf for [2] (connection kept locking), but the html based docs were informative. I was unaware of this (but thats Novells Marketting for you :-) ) but it is technology one should be aware of for serious educational or corporate use.
Pavel Nemec
Software Engineer
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