Hi all, I have a server running Edubuntu 6. I also have mini PCs that don't have any CD-ROM drives, have 2GB of Flash memory as hard disks (just to install the OS, storage will be on the server). They also have Ethernet connectors.
What I would like to do is to install Edubuntu on those mini PCs. I want to put the contents of Live CD on the server PC and when the miniPCs boot up, they will get the required kernel and packages from the server's HDD (probably using PXEBoot). That way, the miniPCs won't have to download packages from Internet whenever they need to install Edubuntu on them. What I would like to know is how to create a custom Live CD. This is necessary since the miniPCs have only 2GB of Flash and all unnecessary packages have to be left out. I found a tutorial for that here: http://www.atworkonline.it/~bibe/ubuntu/custom-livecd.htm I don't know if the same methods can be used for Edubuntu. Do you think there are better ways to do that? Besides customizing the live CD, I want to put drivers (for sound card, NIC, etc.,) for the miniPCs on the new Live CD so that during installation, the system will find necessary drivers. Do I have to recompile the kernel to do this? I would also like to know how to configure PXE so that the server will tell the miniPCs to get the required kernel and packages from its HDD. Now for installation. Since there are many miniPCs, I'd like to do mass installation. Which will be the suitable tool for this? I saw that FAI support Debian. Can I use FAI to mass install Edubuntu? Any advice/help would be truly appreciated. Thanks. P -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
