On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Matthew Carr wrote:
> > With all due respect to the decision makers, would it not be a much better
> > idea to do a POC to see how feasable it might be to replace the servers first
> > so that the new Linux/Unix desktop boxes have the necessary environment
> > available they need when they are installed?
>
> Yes indeed. But that would just be sensible :o)
> Ideally what I would *like* to do is get one (or two) servers, 4 or 5
> workstations, a switch etc and set up a complete Linux solution as a
> demo. It would have to display all the characterisitcs of the current
> systems (i.e. PDC, DHCP, DNS, mail, roaming profiles, scripted installs,
> automated patching etc etc). The problem here is that I have SFA knowhow
> to do most of this, and the spare P75 I have won't quite cut it..
>
>
Hi,
A lot of these things are already being done on campus. It may be a
matter of asking people to help set this up.
Currently on campus most of the DHCP servers run Linux. They
automatically update the DNS servers when a new DHCP number is served
out.
There is an Up2date server in Physics. I use autorpm instead.
COSC and ECE ( and others I'm sure ) use RedHat's kickstart to auto
installs.
....
Cheers,
Dave.
Dave van Leeuwen
Analyst Programmer
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
