Wolfgang, this sounds cool! I'm very familiar with diskless RH/Mandake Linux network booting having worked with the Linux Terminal Server Project (http://www.ltsp.org) for a few months now. However, I have never tried the Debian distro.
I would be very interested in seeing your cron scripts so that I can try this method using Red Hat 9.0. Thanx TJ -- --------- Original Message --------- DATE: 16 Jun 2003 14:18:00 +020 From: Wolfgang Borst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: >hello everyone .. > >i use a diskless debian linux to do the unattended installations here. >setting up such a system is not complicated but you will need a few >daemons to be installed on your server(s). > >how it works >------------ >linux is booted via etherboot [http://www.etherboot.org/] and runs >completely off the network. after system bootup a cron job is started >every minute to get the current machine ready to install windows xp. i >use a cron job because the script checks if it is allowed to install >etc. >if the script is permitted to install, it will do the following things: > >- partition the hardisk [parted >http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/parted.html] >- creating fat32 fileystems [parted] >- make the machine bootable (using w98/command.com)[ms-sys >http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/ms-sys.html] >- copy the files >- customize unattend.txt > >after that the machine is rebootet, starts the w98/command.com and >starts the windows xp setup. > >tech >---- >on a server the following daemons are needed: > >- dhcpd for the ip addresses >- tftpd for booting via network (fetching the kernel) >- nfsd provides the client with nfs-root-fs etc. >- mysqld stores informations about the clients (mac-address, is the >machine to be installed ..), about the software(which installscript is >used for software xyz, which software is part of the group 'base >installation' ). > >the kernel for the clients is fetched via tftp then the root-fileystem >is mounted via nfs. instead of being limited to a 1.44m floppy this >diskless linux is a full blown linux with all the nice tools (like a >sshd server running on it). currently the installation is 190M + 2M per >diskless client (so for a whole subnet one would need ~700M). > >maybe i'm allowed to release this project in the near future. > >wolfgang >-- >Wolfgang Borst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG/PGP key 4107B17B > Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
