On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 04:36:18PM -0400, Mike Principito wrote: > You might also want to exclude /tmp and /var/tmp. Would you have to > exclude /dev?
If you don't, it'll copy the /dev tree from the source system into /dev on the target system - those nodes will then disappear when /dev is used as a mount point for devfs after the target system is brought up. No harm done... just a bit of wasted space on the target filesystem. Nathan Meyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~Mike > > > -><- > > "And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and > space, because that's exactly how much difference there is. :-)" > --Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Christopher Fisk wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Jeff Adams wrote: > > > > >Hello, > > > > > >I have an installation just the way I like it. Now I need to replicate it > > >onto 4 other identical machines. > > > > > >I'd appreciate input on how best to accomplish this. > > > > > >My perfect world scenario would be to be able to create a bootable > > >installation CD that would do the trick for me. > > > > I've been doing this for a project I'm doing where I'm building a Gentoo > > appliance type machine. > > > > You'll want to create tarballs of the filesystem, but you'll want to > > exclude certain directories: > > > > make an exclude.txt file with the following entries: > > > > /proc > > /mnt/.init.d > > > > Then issue the command: > > > > tar -X /path/to/exclude.txt -cpf clone.tar / > > > > That will give you a tarball of your filesystem. > > > > Now using your Gentoo Boot disk boot into the installation and setup your > > filesystems (You can use sfdisk to read your old partition table from the > > original drive and then write it to the new drive if the drives are > > identical). Format those drives, mount them as explained in the install > > guide and ftp your tarball over to that disk. > > > > Untar the tarball, then mkdir proc (So you have a place to mount your proc > > filesystem) run grub and you are set. > > > > > > Christopher Fisk > > -- > > I AM NOT A DENTIST > > I AM NOT A DENTIST > > Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 7F24 > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
