An alternative would be to try SystemImager at http://systemimager.org. It seems like this might work well for your situation. -Sean On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:27:13AM -0600, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > I'm trying to set up a cluster of identical workstations to be a > cluster. FAI seems waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to crazy to set up right > now to me (especially after fighting through getting that nfs-root disk > built = 6 hours of manual script editing and debugging). Does anyone > have a good source for a howto or cookbook? I've read and re-read the > docs and I'm sure given time and practice it will become pretty > powerfull. The problem (as always) is that I need to clone these > machine ASAP and I estimate another 3-4 days to understand the FAI > system and the nodes should be up by monday. > > Otherwise I'm just going to build a complete nfs-root system with > debootstrap on the master, boot nodes with rescue and root, nfs mount a > /usr partition and then run a small script (which if someone had a nice > skeleton for I'd appreciate) to partition/raid the drives and copy over > the system as a tarball, do some quick config script editing and then > lilo to reboot. If anyone has tips or suggestions or horror stories I'd > also appreciate those. > > --mike > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-beowulf-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org -- _______________________________________________________________________ Sean Dague sean@dague.net http://dague.net/sean Judging from the calm exibited by people in this country during the Tickle-Me-Elmo shortage... I'm sure we'll be just fine. -John Stewart "The Daily Show: America Freaks Out" _______________________________________________________________________
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