> I have about 15 Linux workstations to install/configure. They are all
> identical. I want to use partimage to create a disk image that I can restore
> to these machines. So far I'm on the right track, yes?
>
> Ok, so I apt-get partimage. I run it, and it can't make an image of a
> mounted filesystem. Ok… So I downloaded an iso image of a linux rescue cd
> that has partimage already installed on it.
>
> My question, and I have the feeling that I'm being really stupid here … When
> I boot from the CD, and I run partimage to create the image of the harddrive
> (/dev/sda1), where the heck am I supposed to write this image file? All I
> have is a RAM disk with insufficient space to hold the 2 gb that it needs to
> write. Can't write to the harddrive because that's not mounted.
Another partition on the HD, another HD in the machine, or an NFS mount?
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