Yes that is how I was planning on doing 2 thru N, I guess I was not clear on the question.
My question was which files do I copy from destktop to /dev/hdb and how do I make it bootable. I can not figure out how to run the install program dbootstrap to configure the base system.
Do I need to make a boot floppy, to boot the desktop and then install from CD to /dev/hdb ? I would rather not, the CD is rather exotic and a pain to setup.
cheers,
Jim Parker
Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more important than that !!!
Mr D S Hunnisett <ug98025@informatics.bangor.ac.uk>
03/23/01 09:08 AM
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just make one good install then
dd if=/dev/hd(inser slave with good install here) of=(temporary file)
then swap for next disk reboot and
dd if=(temporary file) of=/dev/hd(inser slave with good install here)
voila a perfect copy of disk 1 on disk 2
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>G'Day !
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>Possibly ... I have only checked a few of them. I really only need to do
>the first one, after that I just use an equivalent to "Ghost" to duplicate
>the rest.
>
>cheers,
>Jim Parker
>
>Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more
>important than that !!!
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>Mr D S Hunnisett <ug98025@informatics.bangor.ac.uk>
>03/23/01 09:03 AM
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>do they all have the same sized hard disk?
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>>G'Day !
>>
>>I need to install Debian on several computers. However the twist is that
>
>>the hardware on these computers is such that the only way to access the
>>drives is by pulling the drive and making it the slave drive on a working
>
>>Linux desktop computer. (ie no floppies, no CD, no NIC, no Modem on
>>computers being upgraded. They are currently NT).
>>
>>I have read the docs included on the Debian CD and they hint it is
>>possible but do not offer specifics.
>>
>>Any suggestions ?
>>
>>cheers,
>>Jim Parker
>>
>>Sailboat racing is not a matter of life and death .... It is far more
>>important than that !!!
>
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