I was looking into this, creating my own rpms and using kickstart. Thanks for all the info guys. Paul Spiro Harvey <spiro at knossos.net.nz> wrote: >> Basically I want to clone this server and make it easy to install on >> another similar hardware server without having to install centos and >> then manually installing/configuring dovecot/postfix/mysql etc. Not >> sure if I can create a bootable ISO that will install on new servers >> or what my options are. I would appreciate any suggestions. > >We use Kickstart. > >You can build a customised Kisckstart script to install anything you >want. Just put custom config files accessible off a web server, and you >can just copy those over as part of the setup. Or package them up into >your own RPMs and run your own repo. In fact, if you're doing several >of these, it's probably recommended to run your own repo with the base >and updates for speed and bandwidth savings. > >You can have kickststart run a "yum update" so each box will have the >latest updates as at install time. > >Your boot CD or flash stick can auto-boot the kickstart files, so all >you have to do is insert the media and turn the box on. Once it's done, >all you have to do is reboot and you're ready to go. > > >-- >Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd >(04) 460-2531 : (021) 295-1923 www.knossos.net.nz > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos