ghost server

[Ed Greshko]

azeem ahmad wrote:
> 
> thanx Paul for ur concern
> but in fact i dont want a RIS
> what i want is clonning the harddisk.
> normally it is done in the way that i install a computer with windows
> then install all required software on this windows box. then i put other
> computer's harddisks into that windows box and clone the disk. as all
> the computer are of same hardware so it works and i save a lot of my time.
> 
> and now i want to have an automated, linux server based procedure for
> this clonning. this means i want a linux sever which can hold the image
> of the harddisk and can distribute it to the computers to be installed.

I think you'd be better served by using a network based installs and
"kickstart".