5 Oct
2001
5 Oct
'01
10:25 p.m.
hello people,
these are newbie questions.. but i couldnt find answers
anywhere !!!
is there any utility of replicating a linx installation over a LAN ... some
how have the same installation over all the hosts on that network?
Also i have a kernel related query !
during configuring the modules and the make of the kernel.. there are
option like sound support or video support or suport for specific devices ?
my question is ?? what files are included in the kernel when such support
is compiled in , are these the drivers for such devices or support files or
kernel function or what??
-thanks for having a look !
-rahul
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6 Oct
6 Oct
12:25 a.m.
On Oct 5, 2001 at 22:15, rahul saxena wrote:
is there any utility of replicating a linx installation
over a LAN ... some
how have the same installation over all the hosts on that network?
Yes, but I can't remember names of specific utilities. I wonder if
Ghost would work. Or if the systems are identical, you could dd
them (man dd).
during configuring the modules and the make of the
kernel.. there are
option like sound support or video support or suport for specific devices ?
Yes, there are.
my question is ?? what files are included in the
kernel when such support
is compiled in , are these the drivers for such devices or support files or
kernel function or what??
They are the "drivers". Actually, they're a bunch of code files which
provide the open() close() read() write() and init() functions for a
specific device or device class. When you enable a device in the
kernel's configuration, you enable a "stub" in the kernel and you
enable the compilation and linking of the device driver.
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10 Oct
10 Oct
3:05 p.m.
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From: rahul saxena <rahulsaxon(a)yahoo.com>
is there any utility of replicating a linx
installation over a LAN ...
some
how have the same installation over all the hosts on
that network?
red hat has that option, its called kickstart. check redhat.com for details.
pradeep
4:27 p.m.
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Pradeep Vasudev wrote:
red hat has that option, its called kickstart. check
redhat.com for details.
pradeep
I guess Kickstart Installation is similar to Unattended in Windows NT,
basically a script based installation, wherein u specify the installation
parameters in a kickstart file based on the server, though u can have
similar installation all over the network, But what Rahul is asking is
something similar to "Ghost", I guess.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Bhushan
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11 Oct
11 Oct
3:02 p.m.
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From: Bhushan Tiwari <lihnucs(a)yahoo.com>
I guess Kickstart Installation is similar to
Unattended in Windows NT,
basically a script based installation, wherein u specify the installation
parameters in a kickstart file based on the server, though u can have
similar installation all over the network, But what Rahul is asking is
something similar to "Ghost", I guess.
i guess you are right though rahul
will probably be rite one to answer this.
otoh, the ghost concept can be replicated with dd, no?
Pradeep
3:35 p.m.
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Pradeep Vasudev wrote:
the ghost concept can be replicated with dd, no?
Pradeep
yes, dd can be used for that purpose, but it will take a lot of time.
Ghost works very fast.
I dont know anyother way to do that.
Bhushan Tiwari.
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5:02 p.m.
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From: Bhushan Tiwari <lihnucs(a)yahoo.com>
yes, dd can be used for that purpose, but it will take
a lot of time.
Ghost works very fast.
I dont know anyother way to do that.
a review i read in some magazine, about 6
months ago, thought dd was the
best performer from among a host of these tools (cannot find the link
unfortunately). Maybe the speed issue can be addressed by simply increasing
the block copy size.
Pradeep
5:15 p.m.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bhushan Tiwari <lihnucs(a)yahoo.com>
Ghost works very fast.
I dont know anyother way to do that.
came across this:
http://www.udpcast.linux.lu/
UDPcast is a file transfer tool that can send data simultaneously to many
destinations on a LAN. This can for instance be used to install entire
classrooms of PC's at once. The advantage of UDPcastover using other methods
(nfs, ftp, whatever) is that UDPcast uses Ethernet's multicast abilities: it
won't take longer to install 15 machines than it would to install just 2.
UDPcast can be started from the included linuxrc boot disk for OS
installations, or from the command line when using it for other purposes.
hth
pradeep
9:58 p.m.
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At 05:06 PM 10/11/01 +0530, you wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: Bhushan Tiwari <lihnucs(a)yahoo.com>
hello people,
Thanks for all the suggestions. We have been setting up a
linux lab in our college , this is y i enquired about the installation..
but as it happened they installed it from CDs... !
now atleast we can do some real configuring on the machines.. !
-thanks again
-rahul
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Ghost works very fast.
I dont know anyother way to do that.
came across this:
http://www.udpcast.linux.lu/
UDPcast is a file transfer tool that can send data simultaneously to many
destinations on a LAN. This can for instance be used to install entire
classrooms of PC's at once. The advantage of UDPcastover using other methods
(nfs, ftp, whatever) is that UDPcast uses Ethernet's multicast abilities: it
won't take longer to install 15 machines than it would to install just 2.
UDPcast can be started from the included linuxrc boot disk for OS
installations, or from the command line when using it for other purposes.
hth
pradeep 
18 Oct
18 Oct
3:03 p.m.
New subject: Not sure if this is COMMERCIAL, so...
People,
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12 Oct
12 Oct
11 a.m.
New subject: mirroring the installations over a LAN ? / kernelrelatedquery
--- Bhushan Tiwari <lihnucs(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Pradeep Vasudev wrote:
>the ghost concept can be replicated with dd, no?
> Pradeep
[snip]
i have missed the earlier msg's on this thread. I
hav tried this stuff prev and to let u'll know Norton
Ghost does not support Ext2 replication, i don't know
if that has changed recently.
AFAIK...replication usin dd(or nt other raw disk
transfer) isn't a very feasible option. The times will
wear u out and partition inconsistency is reported
most of the time....
If ny o u succeed in this deisk replication ...then
do post it on this list, i think many of us would
benefit from this.
Trevor Warren
yes, dd can be used for that purpose, but it will
take a lot of time.
Ghost works very fast.
I dont know anyother way to do that.
Bhushan Tiwari.
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On Oct 11, 2001 at 22:19, Trevor Warren wrote:
If ny o u succeed in this deisk replication ...then
do post it on this list, i think many of us would
benefit from this.
I mount both drives in one machine, boot off a DeadRat CD, mount
partitions manually, and cp -ax them. That's what I did on the evening
of 21st July 2001. With a flight at 0005 on the 22nd. I replicated my
entire Linux disk and brought it with me. That's cos my disk vendor
gave me a replacement on the 21st after I hollered a lot about leaving
that night.
cp rulez j00.
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