School Computer Disk Imaging - with Clonezilla Server
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Step 4. Create clones from the master disk image file
Overview of this step:
All of the clients will receive the Master Computer's disk image from the Clonezilla Server simultaneously using multicast imaging.
1. Start the Clonezilla Server, configure to restore disks
1. Choose to select all the clients for disk imaging.
2. Select clonezilla-start Start clonezilla mode.
3. Choose Beginner mode: Accept the default options.
4. Choose restore-disk, Restore an image onto the computers.
5. Make sure you select poweroff - Shutdown client when the clone finishes. You don't want the finished client rebooting and loading up the clonezilla program again.
6. Choose the disk image you want to restore.
7. Choose the target disks to be overwritten.
8.Choose multicast to restore multiple clients simultaneously.
9. Set the number of clients that Clonezilla will wait for before starting disk restoral / cloning.
10. Choose the number of clients you are cloning.
11. After pressing <Ok> Clonezilla will load your settings and then it is ready to restore disks on the clients. Leave the terminal open.
Next >> PXE boot the clients and start cloning
