On 10/23/07, Jeff Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only thing that comes to mind doesn't seem to fit your bill. > > Red hat/fedora has a tool called kickstart. It allows for scripted > installs of machines. You could easily create separate scripts for > separate machine roles, and add each new machine to dhcp in the > corresponding role group.
Ubuntu [1] (and I'm guessing Debian too) support kickstart. Obviously, some of the options are different, but it is supported. > I did some googling just now, and I found a tool called FAI - Fully > Automatic Installation http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ > It is designed for debian and claims to be more flexible than > kickstart for redhat. I am curious about this too. If you use it, let > me know how it goes. FAI will work as well, but its not quite as nice as Kickstart. the FAI stuff is a bit generic, old and frustrating to set up. I spent a good amount of time trying to get this working back in Ubuntu Dapper without much luck. 1 - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility Cheers, Clint /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
