Documentation
From SystemImager
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Documentation for Normal People
- Quick Start HOWTO
- FAQ
- Troubleshooting
- Get the PDF manual
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Mini HOWTOs
- Automating Xen VM deployment with SystemImager
- This article focuses on the integration of SystemImager and Xen to create a totally open source framework able to manage on-demand deployment of virtual machines, such as physical machines, using a single centralized point of management
- HOWTO raw-disk cloning with SystemImager
- This guide describes how to use the disk cloning approach with SystemImager; in this way it's possible to clone and image any kind of OS (FreeBSD, Solaris, and even Win*)
- HOWTO image Sony PlayStation 3 using SystemImager
- This guide describes how to use SystemImager to deploy OS image to your Sony PlayStation 3 client (or cluster nodes)
- HOWTO Install from sources on a Debian system
- This guide describes how to Install a SystemImager version from the sources on a Debian (stable or unstable) or Ubuntu systems. It includes the list of the dependencies you need to install to be able to properly compile it.
- HOWTO Install from sources on a RPM based system
- This short HOWTO describes the steps to build and install SystemImager from sources on a generic RPM-based GNU/Linux distribution.
- HOWTO Net Boot Ubuntu
- This guide describes how to setup Ubuntu 6.06 LTS as an imaging server using SystemImager 3.7.3. This development version of SystemImager includes UYOK which allows you to use your client computer's kernel for imaging which eliminates common hardware compatibility issues.
- HOWTO Net Boot with SystemImager 3.4.1
- This guide describes how to use SystemImager 3.4.1 to set up a boot server and subsequently how to get a client to boot/install off that server. Instructions have been written somewhat generically, but have a bias toward SuSE 9.1.
- HOWTO Implement a simple BitTorrent and USB stick imaging scheme
- This guide describes the process of setting up a SystemImager server for a collection of 20 identical clients. We use the BitTorrent transport and the si_mkautoinstalldisk tool (introduced in version 3.7.6) to create a USB stick that the image clients will boot to.
- HOWTO Alternative Net boot with pxeconfig utilites from SARA
- This guide describes how to install and use an alternative net boot method for systemimager
- HOWTO Remotely Install using SystemImager
- This guide describes how to use SystemImager to reinstall a box at a remote location, bypassing the PXE boot stage.
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Direct Links to Specific Topics
If you know exactly what you're looking for, you can choose one of these. If not, try the FAQ first. It ends up linking to each of these in turn.
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Generic Concepts
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Special Transports
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Disk Partitioning
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