Slightly off topic, but there is a Debian install on one of the rack mounts that might broadly support the concept. I installed Debian and wanted to work with Robert to put images on it, but I could not make it down when Robert was available.
Although it would not use PXE, could we create something on that box that would allow multiple installs? John House Robert Citek wrote: > Karl Grable wrote: > > Setting Up A PXE Install Server For Multiple Linux Distributions With > > Ubuntu Edgy Eft > > Is this worth pursuing? - > > http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_pxe_install_server > <http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_pxe_install_server> > > Yes, at some point in the future, PXE installing is probably worth > pursuing. However, presently, I doubt very many of the machines we get > can PXE boot, which is required: > > "And the most important thig is that your client computers support > booting over the network. You should check each computer's BIOS for this > option." > > So, while our current method of installing machines is probably not the > best, it works good enough for now. In the near term, we probably want > to focus on other tasks, like getting a steading supply of modems that > work under Linux, triaging our existing hardware, and > using/selling/recycling that hardware. > > Regards, > - Robert > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
