Cloning of mass average Debian over the network on Tecra M5

Right,

Here go us!

I am part of a team of support engineers for a University where we lend laptops to our students for periods of weeks (up to) 12. All of our laptops are identical Tecra M5 with a preconfigured image of XP Pro SP2.

Currently, we use the method of "Insert the XP CD"-> "Boot to CD"-> "Format disk" (to guarantee no student left courseowrk on machine)-> "Install XP via CD"-> "use backup XP to restore a picture."

This system works... but takes half an hour to make each machine from start to finish.

I am competent PC user and am aware of the opportunity to multicast an image to a group of PC/laptops... such as detailed below to my success up to now...

I just finished setting up a single server (a powerful RM P4, 1 GB DDR2, 160GB SATA & 100MBit LAN) to the customer several cloning using Debian Etchy, DRBL and CloneZilla server.

Client machines are laptop computers Tecra M5 and are all on a private LAN directly to the image of 'server '.

(1) we can successfully PXE boot ("magic packet"), all machines via our switch (a 40 port NetGear fast ethernet) and all machines begin to start - this is achieved thanks to a nifty bash script, I wrote "wakeonlan" machines with 1 second interval (only 10 machines both for stability)
(2) the DRBL APS IP server address to all machines that they PXE boot
(3) the startup of machines in our option CloneZilla (Linux network, MemTest, Full CloneZilla to restore the disk image)
(4) the machines all receive them with SUCCESS the disk image (a gzip'd SD clone of one of the Tecra M5, which already has our installer of Windows XP)... Although quite slowly when + 10 machines are connected to the local network (I'm working on it)

NOW, the CloneZilla server is configured to let the machines "poweroff" once the image has been copied on the hard disk of laptop and finished in synchronization with the server.

The Linux "shutdown" with "poweroff" command is called from a SSH (fully automated using the control of CloneZilla center - a button of window BACK basic writing style in Linux) and all machinery, copied once the hard disk image, should theoretically then off COMPLETELY as if they had been "naturally stop. For example, by clicking on "Start-> Shutdown" in Windows.

I installed Debian on one of laptops and run from the simple "halt Pei" which stop the laptop and called ACPI to turn off the machine... it works as if I had done "Start-> Shutdown" in Windows. So not bad here.

I try then "halt Pei" remote machine using SSH from the debian server.

Our network topology is simple:

Server-> Switch-> customers (up to 10)

'Customer' Debian runs the stop that she has received the signal "halt-p" from the server and begins at the stop. Great!

However, just before the laptop actually turns off, it stops. Laptops remains "under tension" and the "power" and "SlimSelect" LED remains lit.

Note: I even tried to remove the drive of DVD of SlimSelect that the Tecras come up with - without success.

_Things tried: _

* sudo sh: * ssh x [email protected]_IP stop Pei

* batch_halt.sh file:*
#! / bin/bash
SSH x [email protected]_IP killall-9 - l
SSH x [email protected]_IP init 0
SSH x [email protected]_IP stop Pei

To hopefully reach-> kill all processes-> enter runlevel 0-> halt and 'off' the laptop

The local network is NOT connected to an external network is absolutely safe.

It seems as if the 'Pei halt' command locally is the only thing that will fuel actually off the machine... all 'remotely' orders still achieve 95% completion... we only result to the power and SlimSelect LEds lit-> which means that the laptop is still under tension (!) and thus reducing the life expectancy of the power supply.

Is there someone who might know how to get a "fully working" basic ssh stop through switch work?

Thank you very much...

Ice Ice Babeh

Hello
I think it is a very specific question and I can only advise you to check the BIOS settings. Maybe there is an option that you set for this work entirely.
Have you tried some Linux forums as well? There are often good instructions on these topics as yours.

Welcome,
HomerJ

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