Machine Replication

Eli K. Breen bsd at unixforge.net
Thu Jul 21 19:19:33 GMT 2005


All,

Does anyone have a good handle on how to replicate (read: image) a 
freebsd machine from one machine to an ostensibly similar machine?

So far I've used countless variations and combinations of the following:

dd		(Slow, not usefull if the hardware isn't identical?)
tar		(Doesn't replicate MBR)
rsync		(No MBR support)
Norton Ghost 	(Doesn't support UFS/UFS2?)
G4U		(little experience with this)

Now whether my details are a bit off, that's fine, I don't want this to 
be diluted in to discussion of minute frivolous details (as these things 
are wont to do), but what I _am_ looking for is a tried, tested and true 
method of FreeBSD machine replication, specifically for the 5.3+ releases.

Many thanks,

-E-


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