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| 494712 | 2006-10-27 02:34:00 | Hi does anyone know if I can capture an installation of SUSE Linux when it boots from DVD in Altiris Software Virtualization? I could set it to a gobal capture but when I reboot to install from DVD will it still be running? Thanks, asdex |
asdex (1488) | ||
| 494713 | 2006-10-27 02:59:00 | I think the only way to do this will be with virtual machine ie load linux into a vitrual machine boot and have your capture software running on the host as the virtual machine boots take snapshots of that | beama (111) | ||
| 494714 | 2006-10-27 03:58:00 | If you reboot the computer to run the Suse Linux installation then none of the applications installed in Windows will be running. From a brief glance at the website Altiris seems to run on top of Windows and manage applications running on it. Suse Linux is a completely separate operating system. You have two main options for application management under Linux: 1. Install the applications, settings and libraries on a file server and just use them from there. Ensure that the file server's library path is in the /etc/ld.so.conf file on the clients and run ldconfig to make sure the libraries are loaded. 2. Install the application once on a server and run it remotely through SSH like this: ssh -x [remote_host] [my_application] You may want to set up a key pair or Kerberos to avoid having to type your password every time you start the program. Once this is done you can easily set it up as a shell script and stick it in the normal menus with a pretty icon. Linux doesn't have all the registry conflicts that cause serious problems under Windows and which Altiris Software Virtualisation seems designed to prevent. A Linux system in the hands of a skilled administrator is infinitely flexible - you can even run Linux on clients without a hard drive or any disk drives at all. |
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| 494715 | 2006-10-30 23:07:00 | Thanks very much I'll try those ideas Cheers, asdex |
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