[lug] Cloning

[Aaron Nichols]

I believe sysprep was the tool you need. A google search on that term
would probably do it.

Aaron



On 9/2/08, George Sexton <gsexton at mhsoftware.com> wrote:
> Ghost and the like take care of zeroing out the Windows Unique ID for
> the machine (SIDs).
>
> It seems like there was an OEM tool to reset an installation so that it
> would re-ask for the license key, re-generate SIDs, etc.
>
> If you could find that tool, you could probably use the dd method of
> cloning and then reset the IDs and SIDs.
>
> gordon.golding at colorado.edu wrote:
>>   I have 10 PCs (evil windows) each going to 3 different remote sites.
>>
>> Rather than trying to get there and set up all by hand, I thought about
>> cloning.
>>
>> I've seen Ghost and there are blogs that say they have a way to clone
>> for free.
>>
>> It occured to me -
>>
>> How about set up one here...  Then boot machine to linux rescue and do
>> dd sda1 to sda2 - and do a round robin of tearing out drives and dd'ing.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what's easiest?
>>
>> Gordon Golding
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