On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 01:05:54PM +0100, Ralf Gesel|ensetter wrote: > Hi there, > this is about possible improvements for maintaining skolelinux work > stations. Just another set of ideas - please comment if it makes sense > and is feasible: > > At the moment I hesitate installing an entire lab with slx workstations > - not (only) because of woody, but rather because of its maintainance. > > As write access should mainly go to NFS mounted home directory, isn't it > possible to mount local drives (except swap) r/o ? This could save > forced fsck after crude power offs - and prolongue the system' live > until re-install, too (easily done from CD if there is no dual boot > solution) > > To have a better syncing: how about mounting /etc/apt if not /etc from > tjener:/skole/workstation/etc or the like? Alternatively some "pull" > script could load recent stuff from some space on tjener (rsync or > fai?)
Have a look at http://developer.skolelinux.no/dokumentasjon/installing_SL_to_a_laptop.txt That is how we set up laptops at Ulsrud. I've since created a package with some helper script to maintain thos laptop installations. I have been think for a while where it's best to put those script, for now I've created a custom package, and it's availible from http://developer.skolelinux.no/~finnarne/debian-edu-sysimg/ to use it as an apt-source, add deb http://developer.skolelinux.no/ ~finnarne/debian-edu-sysimg/ to your sources list. It uses systemimager to set up the laptops, and also uses systemimager to update the laptops To maybe understand the process, you may read http://developer.skolelinux.no/~finnarne/debian-edu-sysimg/README.debian I'm not quite certain if it should still be a separate package, if it should be included into system-imager, or if it should be added to debian-edu-config or somewhere else. -- Finn-Arne Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bzz.no/
