Machine Replication

[Francois Tigeot]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:20:34PM -0700, Eli K. Breen wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a good handle on how to replicate (read: image) a 
> freebsd machine from one machine to an ostensibly similar machine?

[...]

> 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.

I have found the following paper to be incredibly usefull :

http://www.pix.net/software/pxeboot/archive/SANE.pdf

I used some of the ideas in it to clone machines in the 5.1-5.2 era.

-- 
Francois Tigeot, CEO, Zefyris
http://www.zefyris.com/