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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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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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
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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From: Bhushan Tiwari lihnucs@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
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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From: Bhushan Tiwari lihnucs@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
----- Original Message ----- From: Bhushan Tiwari lihnucs@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
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----- Original Message ----- From: Bhushan Tiwari lihnucs@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
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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--- Bhushan Tiwari lihnucs@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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