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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