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HOWTO: ''Creating Images Of Your Linux System With SystemImager''
by Falko Timme,
March 22, 2005
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Have you ever had the problem that you have set up the ''perfect
system'', and now you want to back up this system before you make
changes to it so that you can restore the original state if you
changes are not satisfying? Or are you a system administrator in a
large company where you have to maintain hundreds of Linux machines
that run exactly the same software, but are sick of installing each
machine manually? Or did you develop a Linux-based hardware
appliance, and now you want to sell it in big numbers on different
hardware platforms (i.e., different hard disks, etc., not different
processor architectures!) without having to maintain an image for
each platform?
(pdf
of the document)
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FAQ: ''Bio-Linux Distribution via SystemImager Image Instead of CDROM''
by Dan Swan,
February, 2003
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Bio-Linux has been created using the SystemImager application. As
such, Bio-Linux is not a Linux 'distribution' but a saved 'image' of
a complete installation of Linux held on a specific computer at the
EGTDC.
(pdf of the Bio-Linux FAQ as of February 2003 here)
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Article: ''Recursive Use of SystemImager for Cloning Entire Clusters''
by Scott Delinger,
January 1, 2003
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This excellent article by Mr. Delinger discusses methods of using SystemImager to clone Linux clusters. Only available in the January 2003 print copy of SysAdmin magazine, with
''Cloning Linux Clusters'' as the eye grabber on the front cover. Good show, Scott!
(pdf of the SysAdmin home page for January 2003 here)
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Presentation: Installing and Maintaining Linux Systems with the System Installation Suite
Location: HP Enterprise Technical Symposium 2002
by Dann Frazier,
October 11, 2002
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ABSTRACT: The open source System Installation Suite is a set of utilities
for creating system images, performing automated cold installs, and
efficiently propagating changes to machines in your network. SIS is a file
based imaging tool, which simplifies distribution and architecture
independency and the process of making incremental changes to an image.
This talk will be an introduction to the tools and processes, as well as a
summary of future plans.
(archived announcement here)
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Cluster: ''The NIFLHEIM Cluster Uses SystemImager''
by Ole Holm Nielsen,
September 18, 2002
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We have used SystemImager very successfully to install a couple of
Linux clusters at our site. We just finished setting up a large
Linux cluster with 480 Pentium-4 PCs, see
http://www.fysik.dtu.dk/CAMP/Niflheim/.
We have followed the SystemImager manual quite carefully in this
process, and we even found out that it's simple to build a new
kernel 2.4.19 that will fit on the SystemImager boot diskette.
When it came to PXE network installation I had to look up many
details in the SYSLINUX documentation, and finally PXE turns out
to be quite simple. Fully automated node installation (just
press the power button!) is enabled through the pxeconfig toolkit
written by Bas van der Vlies. We also give some advice about
how we dealt with the installation of a whole truckload of PCs.
My SystemImager experiences are all documented in the page
http://www.fysik.dtu.dk/CAMP/Niflheim/systemimager.html
which I hope will be useful to other cluster builders.
Please give me feedback for improving the usefulness (and
correctness :-) of the page.
(archived version here)
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Presentation: Hacking Embedded Linux
Location: DFW Unix Users Group (Linux SIG)
by Brian Elliott Finley,
August 1, 2002
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Mr. Finley will cover some of the more interesting details involved in
creating and customizing an embedded Linux environment. Topics that
will be covered include how to make your binaries really really small,
initialization scripts, and the boot process. The merits of static
binaries vs. shared libraries will be considered, and alternatives to
the standard glibc will be discussed.
Prior to attending, it is recommended that you read the following two
articles written by Mr. Finley on BOEL (Brian's Own Embedded Linux):
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Article: The OSCAR Revolution
by Rich Ferri,
June 1, 2002
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''Richard describes the history and goals of the Open Source Cluster Application Resource.'' This article includes
screenshots of and references to System Installation Suite. It also includes references to Brian's diet.
(archived version here)
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Recommendation: Ram Samudrala's Linux Cluster HOWTO
by Ram Samudrala,
April 25, 2002
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Ram Samudrala mentions SystemImager in the ''Operating system installation and maintenance'' section of his HOWTO.
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LJ Editor: Letter to the Editor
Linux Journal,
December 12, 2001
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In this letter to the editor, Brian clarifies the relationship between SystemImager and VA Linux.
(Very last item on the page)
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Recommendation: rsync resources
by Dr. Andrew Tridgell,
March 20, 2001
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Tridge includes SystemImager in his short list of "rsync resources".
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SystemImager is a Bald Guy Software project.
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