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Old 05-30-2010, 03:57 PM   #1
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Copying configuration

I am setting up a few computers with xubuntu, and I want them to have an identicle configuration.

After I set up one computer, i.e. removing a lot of the apps, installing a few others, locking down an account and customizing the interface....what is the easiet way to automatically copy this configuration to other computers?

Is there an automated way, or must it be manually done?
 
Old 05-30-2010, 04:23 PM   #2
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Are the computers identical hardware wise ?

If so you could use dd to make a disk image of the configured machine and copy that image to each of the other hard drives for use in the other computers.

Redhat has kickstart, for configuring installs but I don't know if ubuntu has anything similar.
 
Old 05-30-2010, 04:45 PM   #3
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You could also set them up with puppet which would keep them the same even over configuration changes.

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Old 05-30-2010, 09:24 PM   #4
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No, not identical hardware, and wasn't looking for something as complex as puppet since they are not networked at this stage.

Manually it is I guess.
 
Old 05-30-2010, 09:25 PM   #5
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FAI perhaps?
 
Old 10-01-2010, 02:58 AM   #6
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New $HOME for FAI
Please use the new URL for the FAI project
 
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New URL for FAI
Ooop. The new URL for the FAI project is:
http://fai-project.org
 
  


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