i need to make a couple of matching boxes using surplus hardware.
i have a 2007.1 installation i like that's been tested and works
great. what's the best way to now duplicate that system on a
couple of other boxes? (i have a couple of matching boxes.)

tried making a partimage partition backup of hda1 but that's
failed at every turn. i made some progress getting it to boot
but it still fails, to the point that simply doing a fresh
install, updating, installing additional apps, and configuring
would actually be faster than going through all that seems
necessary to get the partimage process to work.

some issues seem mandriva specific so i finally figured out i
should probably come here and see if anyone else is successfully
cloning a mandriva system and what the steps are they're going
through to get it to be bootable and work.

how do you do it?

thanks,
BabaG

I have these instructions for cloning, adapt as needed for your situation:

mkdir /mnt/oldroot
mkdir /mnt/oldhome
mkdir /mnt/newroot
mkdir /mnt/newhome

mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/oldroot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/oldhome
mount /dev/hdb5 /mnt/newroot
mount /dev/hdb6 /mnt/newhome

cp -dpRx /mnt/oldroot /mnt/newroot
cp -dpRx /mnt/oldhome/* /mnt/newhome/*



-- To Fix Boot --

mount -t proc proc /mnt/newroot/proc
chroot /mnt/newroot /bin/bash
source /etc/profile
grub --no-floppy
device (hd0) /dev/hdb
root (hd0,4)
setup (hd0)

thanks {BBI}Nexus{BBI}. used a variant of this. the fixing of
the booting was beyond me but i found something that was, for
me, simpler: reboot with mandriva disc--->rescue system--->
reinstall boot loader. here's a link to a detailed description
of how i got things working for anyone who might be interested.


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...027/page3.html


thanks again,
BabaG