> Kickstart merely does an NFS install (unless it has changed) and might as well use System Imager in that case. We are also using a custom kernel with our custom clustering code. We need a utility that will work at the sector level of the disk. Ghost does this but we have run into problem after problem. We are trying their very latest version, 7.5 released Dec 15 right now as I write this.
(as a sidenote, our Windows group is having problems getting Ghost to work with simple single partition Windows systems) Anyone other suggestions would be great. -CC > On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, RedHat List wrote: > > > > > We have created an image using a ghost boot disk and a multicast > > server, but we have yet to get a client to load an image from > > the multicast server. After overcoming many problems, we have > > come to one we cannot work around. We get about 90% complete on > > a client and the we get Ghost error 36000. We tried the workarounds > > the Symantec support site suggests and still no luck. > > > > > > The image was taken from a RH 7.2 system with this partition scheme: > > > > 1: /boot 50MB > > 2: / 9G > > 3: swap 1G > > > > The Ghost update screen displays the 3 partitions correct and the drive > > geometry is recognized correctly by Ghost. (1245 cylinders) > > > > I am up against a deadline to get a large cluster online so any help > > will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Sorry, can't help with Ghost. But have you looked at kickstart yet? A > basic config seems dead easy and can be done over the network. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
