From jtracy@ist.ucf.edu Wed Apr 30 13:21:34 2003
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:08:15 -0400
From: Judd Tracy <jtracy@ist.ucf.edu>
To: Gerry Creager N5JXS <gerry.creager@tamu.edu>, beowulf@beowulf.org
Subject: Re: system cloning - OT

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SystemImager works pretty well.  It has pxe support and will work with
RedHat, Debian and other Distributions.

http://www.systemimager.org/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Creager N5JXS" <gerry.creager@tamu.edu>
To: <beowulf@beowulf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:43 PM
Subject: system cloning - OT


> OK, so this application isn't cluster-related, but I recall some
> discussion before, and I suspect I can get authoritative answers here
> faster than any other route... and right now, that's more important than
> a lot of things, if I want to get some funding for this idea.  So here
goes:
>
> What's the best mechanism to load a reasonable kernel and OS load on a
> system that supports PXE, has a hard disk, but doesn't have a floppy or
> CDROM?  If the funding comes thru, this'll be a 200-device process, and
> floppies and CDs are not going to be welcome "assets" in the deployed
> configuration...
>
> The reason I'm asking this of a cluster community is for the expertise.
>   And, oh, but you should see the grant proposal I'm writing for my NEXT
> cluster... and what I'm wanting to do with it officially...
>
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Gerry Creager -- gerry.creager@tamu.edu
> Network Engineering -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
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