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Grant wrote: |
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> After a frustrating experience with a Linksys WRT54GL, I've decided to |
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> stick with Gentoo routers. This increases the number of Gentoo |
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> systems I'm responsible for and they're nearing double-digits. What |
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> can be done to make the management of multiple Gentoo systems easier? |
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> I think identical hardware in each system would help a lot but I'm not |
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> sure that's practical. I need to put together a bunch of new |
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> workstations and I'm thinking some sort of server/client arrangement |
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> with the only Gentoo install being on the server could be appropriate. |
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> - Grant |
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If I had a dozen or so rigs, I would want them to be identical at least |
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as far as mobos and such. Drives and such could vary depending on other |
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things tho. If you use the same USE flags, you could update one and |
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then copy /etc/portage/* to the other rigs then the updates could just |
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be binary installs from the first rig updated. |
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The only thing that might bite you is if you have different uses for |
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each rig. If you have different packages installed, then you may have |
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to compile for that. Most likely tho, you could use binaries for at |
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least the system packages and save some time. |
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I think Alan has some rigs and may be able to share more ideas. Maybe |
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some others could comment that have dealt with the same thing. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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