Re: Building identical squid servers.

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Ben Mckellar wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is a general linux question as much as it is a squid question.
>
> I am thinking of building multiple squid boxes.. between 5-10.
>
> Is there a way in linux to build one box, then ghost the Hard drive to other
> boxes.
>
> Your advice or information is appreciated.

There are a number of ways to skin this cat.

if the drives are identical then just doing a "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb"
will work.
it the drives are not identical then you can create the partitions and use
dump/restore to copy them.

You could use a single disk distribution like tomsrtbt and then copy them
over the network.

There is also kickstart that is part of redhat that will allow you to
specify what is to be installed.

Pick your poison.

Alvin Starr || voice: (416)585-9971
Interlink Connectivity || fax: (416)585-9974
alvin@iplink.net ||
Received on Wed Mar 15 2000 - 15:47:59 MST