[CentOS] how to install standard software on systems with heterogeneous hardware?
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m.roth at 5-cent.usTue Nov 29 19:25:42 UTC 2011
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Thomas Burns wrote: > I've been thinking about ways to proceed if I need to set up 5 > machines with basically identical software but somewhat variable > hardware. A simple approach would be to just set up my golden system > and clone the disk, but the hardware differences would probably cause > problems. First question: *how* heterogeneous? Do you have 32-bit systems, and 64-bit systems, and Itaintiums? AMD and Intel? Or are you just talking about peripherals? > > One approach that appeals to me is to install minimal centos on the > first system, add a few rpms after installation, do my desired config > file tweaks, then somehow generate an rpm that depends on all the > post-install rpms and contains my custom versions of the config files <snip> How about building one fully, getting a list of installed packages that does *not* mention the architecture, then, on each machine, yum -y install `cat packagelist`? Yes, I am assuming they're bootable, and have yum, but nothing else - a minimal install. mark
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