Thnaks - I'll look into this further, but I think this and Alan's suggestion both require installation scripting of any customisations. Neither solutions allow you to image an actual hard disk image and restore it with ease.
Best Regards Phil On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 12:16 +0100, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Phil, > > I've just been playing with the Netbook remix via USB on an EEE 1000. > Ubuntu has the Edbuntu distribution. Might be worth looking into > remixing the remix, adding the Edbuntu software package with the > Netbook remix. > > As for transferring the image, there is a USB image creator for Ubuntu > that I think ships with recent versions but is available via PPA: > > It's explained here: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromImgFiles > > With a link from the download page: > http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download-netbook > > I've also done it from the command line on a Mac, and it's relatively > straightforward using dd. > > hope that helps. > k > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Phil Lewis > <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone here know of any open source software solution > that will > allow me to image an Ubuntu laptop on to a USB stick so that > it can be > used by a technophobic teacher to rebuild a laptop when one > goes bad? > > The reimaging has got to be REALLY SIMPLE - e.g.: > > 1) Plug in usb stick > 2) Power up netbook > 3) Click or type 'yes' to confirm > 4) Wait for a while > 5) Plug out usb stick > 6) Repower netbook > > Some background: a primary school has asked me to design and > rollout a > 30-60 netbook solution for their classrooms. I am planning on > an Ubuntu > 9.04 build with specific educational extras. It will be > somewhat > customised such that the kids/teachers will find it easy to > use and > start apps etc (more concerned about teachers here of course). > Since I'm > trying to get a basic third-party commercial support contract > for the > setup, I want the support people to be able to tell the > teachers to just > insert a USB stick to reimage a laptop if required. > > I could go with a scripted PXE-boot based install system but > given that > all these netbooks will we wireless I think this would make it > harder > for staff if they have to find an ethernet cable before > re-imaging > if/when required. Also with all the (documented) tweaks to the > desktop > etc, PXE would be quite a tedious scripting task and probably > not the > best solution given that the build will be almost static. > > Any ideas/solutions welcome... > > -- > > Phil Lewis > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
