Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> Brian Dean wrote:
> >
> > Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> > > Someone mentioned that sysinstall could be scripted... is this the way to
> > > go, then?
> >
> > I use scripted sysinstalls here. It's really easy, however, you still
> > have to interact with a few dialogs, namely:
> >
> > 1) of course, you have to specify your config file from
> > the "Load Config" main menu option
>
> Huh? AFAIK, sysinstall accept script commands from the command line, so
> this could be skipped.
I was referring to the use of sysinstall for the initial installation
of the OS. I don't see how you can do what you say unless you create
a custom boot floppy (or CD) for _each_ machine you want to install.
And since we are talking on the order of 100 machines here, I don't
think that is practical. Perhaps you could get by with one boot image
if your machines were configured via DHCP (mine are not, and in my
case, it is not practical to do so, at least not right now).
And just so I'm not misinterpretted, I'm not complaining about having
to specify the config file. It's not that big of a deal. In fact, I
think Jordan has made it just about as simple as it can reasonably
get. I was just pointing out that it's not _entirely_ hands off, and
merely listed that interaction with sysinstall for the sake of
completeness. For the remaining four, we can probably code
appropriately via the scripting mechanism to avoid the prompts:
1) dhcp yes/no
2) crypto yes/no/which ones
3) ports yes/no
4) are you sure you want to really do this? yes/no
-Brian
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