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From: Gentoo <debiansid@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] anyone deploy Gentoo as production servers
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:26:06
Message-Id: 92ac88aa0609090422s2fdb3f2bx49b5f9bc7155979a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] anyone deploy Gentoo as production servers by Gentoo
1 http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_A_Build_Host
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3 On 9/9/06, Gentoo <debiansid@×××××.com> wrote:
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5 > is there any doc about how to setup "build server"?
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7 >
8 > On 9/9/06, Jonas Fietz <info@××××××××××.de> wrote:
9 > >
10 > > Ramon van Alteren wrote:
11 > > > Gentoo wrote:
12 > > >> so , do you have "build server" for all of those 200 systems?
13 > > >
14 > > > Yep several :-)
15 > > >
16 > > > A server-image server for building install images. We deploy
17 > > customized
18 > > > stage4 tarballs for installation and are in process of moving that
19 > > over
20 > > > to pxe-bootable install with custom stage4 tarball based on
21 > > > hardware/serverfunction. We currently use boot-cd's which gets to be a
22 > > > bit of a pain.
23 > > Well, what we do is, we have a fairly static image on the boot-cds, and
24 > > the most recent stage4 is pulled over the net. PXE was only workable
25 > > with a few hassles (we are using standard hardware, most of the time
26 > > cheapest you can get), for example you always have the problem of the
27 > > server reinstalling when rebooting or alike.
28 > > This has worked quite well, although we are in a setting, where we have
29 > > to setup >100 servers for just one weekend, effectively reinstalling
30 > > them every time (rented).
31 > >
32 > > Greetings,
33 > >
34 > > Jonas
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36 > > gentoo-server@g.o mailing list
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40 >
41 > --
42 > Life is hard
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48 Life is hard