'dd' is probably you best bet for OEM situations. Here (in a corporation) we use KickStart to install Linux. This basically allows you to boot from a floppy and then load Linux over the network using the standard install program. You can even store machine configs on the network so that individual parameters (like IP address) for each machine can be automatically set up. (unfortunately our RedHat load still wants us to confirm the Video settings, but thats all)
We just brought 3 2.2GHz Dells and using an already available KickStart image, we installed each one up in 3 minutes dead (100Mbit Ethernet). Thats fully configured ready to go, with networking, printing, etc. It took longer to cable them up than install and configure the software! Nick. Rob wrote: >Anyone got any ideas about making a disk image suitable >for then putting onto new machines, a bit like norton Ghost, >I thining of OEM linux or corprate situations here where >you might have a lot of machines and dont want to install >the same software on each. >
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