On 02/05/2014 08:57 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com> wrote: >> If what you are really doing is the equivalent of cloning images, you >> might look at clonezilla, or the backup/restore package called rear >> (in EPEL). But for a quick brute-force change, you could probably >> edit /etc/init/rcS-sulogin.conf and add the script you want to replace >> /sbin/sushell. >> >> Hi Les, >> >> Yes I found that file - Thanks. >> > I'd still recommend looking at clonezilla and rear. Clonezilla-live > is a CD you boot to save/restore images - and there is also a network > server version for PXE booting and image storage. The good part is > that it can handle windows along with most linux versions. The down > side is that the restore disk has to be the same size or larger. > Rear is a set of shell scripts that use your own system tools to build > a bootable image containing the scripts you need to partition, format, > and restore (pretty much exactly what you are doing but with more > options). It is really intended as a backup with a fast simple > restore back on the same hardware, but you have an opportunity to > change the disk layout if needed so it works for cloning or moving a > working system. > > In an case, the other thing new in 6.x is that you need to remove the > udev rules for the NICs or update them with the new MAC addresses or > the cloned machine will start its ethx names above the old ones, plus > fix the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx files like you did > in 5.x. Yep - already ran into that. We have had our working for about 4 years and it was based on 5.x we are moving to x86_64 bit 6.x so I am creating a new usb key using 64 bit 6.x. > -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Director of Technology Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com