On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Rob Latham wrote: > Is anyone out there working on a way to install debian onto a machine > by creating one boot floppy?
At work, I have a small cluster running (1 frontend and 6 nodes now, 12 after xmas). The way we do it, is the following: * On the frontend we have installed PXELINUX (part of SYSLINUX) and the diskless packages. We have a NFS rootFS kernel and a "local" kernel for the nodes on the frontend * We have installed one node by hand and create a tarball of / (basically, it's a minimal Debian installation) * For installation of a new nodes, we boot the node using the NFS rootFS kernel, and run a homemade script. The script partitions the disks, makes file systems (RAID, ReiserFS, swap, etc.) and untar the base system from the tarball * Now we can reboot the node using the kernel with support for local root fs Installation of 5 nodes takes about 15 minutes! Kneth ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Geisshirt, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gr�ndals Parkvej 2A, 3. http://www.sslug.dk/~kneth/ DK-2720 Vanl�se +45 38 87 78 38 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Am I the CEO of a motor company, or am I building wireless, mobile consumer services? - Jacques Nasser, CEO of Ford -----------------------------------------------------------------
