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2007-04-27
2013-04-05
  • brainedchild

    brainedchild - 2007-04-27

    I've installed DRBL on a fresh Xubuntu server, how do I start DRBL? Is it running after I do drblpush -i? If so, how do I know?

     
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2007-04-27

      If by install you mean you have run "drblsrv -i" and then "drblpush -i", you can now run "dcs" to configure the server's operation (save image, restore image, etc). If you reboot at this point, the server should be started during bootup.

       
    • brainedchild

      brainedchild - 2007-04-27

      See, that's what I'm talking about. I didn't see drblsrv - i anywhere in the text I read.

      Also, why do I have to keep assiging things to clients. I dont want to assign anything.

       
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2007-04-27

      Those above commands are part of the DRBL install document located at http://drbl.sourceforge.net/one4all/ . Go through it VERY carefully. I had to read it several times over to get the whole picture.

      Can you expand on what you mean by "assigning things to clients"?

       
    • brainedchild

      brainedchild - 2007-04-27

      Can I only get it to image to the server if the server is to have clients image? When I try to do it from the client the program just closes?

      I got it to etherboot one time by not setting the fiename, but then it gave some looped error about another piece of software trying to access the harddrive.

       
    • Anonymous

      Anonymous - 2007-04-27

      I believe you can ONLY set the server to save images or restore images. However, you only need to re-run "dcs" to change this.

      You could also boot a Clonezilla Live CD on the client; it will create and upload an image of the client to an nfs export (like partimag directory on your server), while your server waits for clients to restore.

      I do not believe there is a way to choose save or restore from the client's end.

       
    • brainedchild

      brainedchild - 2007-04-30

      Ok, I set up a paritition /Images to store the images, and I set the save folder to said partition. However, when trying to save an imabe, it keeps trying to save it to /Home/partimag.

      Thoughts? comments? queries? quips? quos?

       
    • brainedchild

      brainedchild - 2007-05-01

      You know what, nevermind.

      I've reinstalled this twice, following the directions, and I still cannot get a computer to etherboot. As long as I am required to divy out IP adresses in order for this to work I can't to do it.

       

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