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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers best way to image solaris/linux drives Post 302101782 by tbdo88 on Thursday 4th of January 2007 10:35:13 AM
Old 01-04-2007
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Originally Posted by frankkahle
We have a whole bunch of both redhat enterprise and solaris 5.7,8,9 systems and we would like to make images of the drives. Does anyone have recommendations on how to best image these systems?
Try kickstart for Linux
and jumpstart with Flash image of the whole system (check /usr/sbin/flarcreate) for Solaris
 

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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
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