Debian does have a way to manager bounch of machines(diskless). The root directory is maintained on the server, no server is needed.
The package is called diskless, I have used it for my first debian beowulf, it works well. If I had disk on my node, I would rather turn them to swap ;) Min On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 12:38:13AM -0500, Rob Latham wrote: > In the redhat world it is possilbe (after reading much wrong, old, or > missing documentation ) to create a disk which will partition hard > drives, install a distribution, and set up devices. It requires a > CDrom or an NFS mountpoint, but all configuration information is > centralized onto one file (ks.cfg) > > 'kickstart' is perhaps the only reason to use redhat for a beowulf. > fai is not quite the same: for starters, it needs a bootp or dhcp > server, and a tftp server, and it needs to know the mac address of > each network card. (it's a very nice package, don't get me wrong, and > would be an excelent choice for installing debian on 100 machines in > an office ) > > Is anyone out there working on a way to install debian onto a machine > by creating one boot floppy? > > Thanks > ==rob > > -- > Rob Latham: linux A-Team Bethlehem, PA USA > EAE8 DE90 85BB 526F 3181 1FCF 51C4 B6CB 08CC 0897 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
