Hello, I need to deploy a (gentoo) server, on an isolated, remote network, with just a few custom applications. However, to periodically update the gentoo distro, I want to build a second (congruent) system, that can be physically swapped for update, or in the event of failure (brain-dead, I know but for now, that's a hard constraint).
So I have system with identical mother boards, cpus and the same amount of ram. The size of the drives differs, but, that should not be a problem. Where to start? The both have the same profile: [9] default/linux/x86/2008.0 * The both have the same kernel/options: 2.6.24-gentoo-r8 The world files are different. One is mimimal and very close to what I want, the other needs many packages removed. Likewise the one system has a minimal make.conf file, which I like, the other is quite bloated over the years. So before I go any further, should I just set about pruning the bloated system down to match the minimal system, or go for a new install. Also what else would I check and modify to ensure the systems are as close to congruent as possbile? rc-status? installed packages? file by file in /etc? Any tools or suggestions to help in this effort are much welcome. Should I just "dd" one (minmalistic) drive contents to the other? any discussion or ideas are most welcome. James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
