[GTALUG] simple straightforward tool for mainaining small networked of imaged linux boxes

[Matt Price]

Lennart, can you explain that process in more detail?  I mean, what tool
would one PXE boot from?

Walter, that is helpful but still sounds pretty time-consuming -- I would
like to find a way to have an unattended re-imaging that can run
more-or-less simultaneously on all the machines.



On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:31 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes at waltdnes.org> wrote:

>   Can you do a basic install with / ( including /root, and /usr ) on
> /dev/sda1 (approx 6 to 8 gigabytes)?  *IMPORTANT*... include sshd as
> part of the basic install, and have it start automatically at boot.
> - "dd" the / partition to a USB key. Assuming the key is mounted as
>    /media/key
>   dd -bs=1M -if=/dev/sda1 -of=/media/key/imagefile
>
>   To copy the partition back
> - boot the machine to be installed, using any linux install ISO or USB
>   key, then insert the USB key and "dd" the other way...
>   dd -bs=1M -if=/media/key/imagefile -of=/dev/sda1
>
>   Final customization
> - remove the linux boot ISO/key and the data key and reboot the machine
> - assuming sshd works, you can now do scripted final customization over
>   the net, including running apt-get for updates, and copying user home
>   dirs, etc, etc.
>
> --
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes at waltdnes.org>
>
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