Randolph Chung wrote: > > The recent article in one of the Linux magazines about using netboot > > and dhcp to automate installs in a computing lab was very > > interesting. How can debian installer do something like that? > > i didn't see this article, but in many cases these are done with ghost > images -- you create a boot image, and all machines either boot with > that image (nfsroot type), or you duplicate the image over to the machine. > > it would seem that automated installs using either an "answer file" that > is part of your installation media, or using configuration gotten from a > central configuration database (ldap, pgsql, or what have you) will give > you the flexibility needed to do mass installs in, for example, a lab > environment. >
Of course you've checked Thomas Lange's FAI. The new installer should provide the same functionality as FAI. Thanks, -- Eray (exa) Ozkural Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo