if they are all identical, set up one and create a disk-image. There are several tools to deploy a full image to a harddisk (though maybe not linux-based). I have no pointers, but searching the web might turn up something.
> -----Original Message----- > From: kmself@ix.netcom.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 7:49 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Mass instalation > > > On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 05:31:09PM -0300, Paulo Henrique > Baptista de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have to install 80 PCs (+/- the same hardware) with Debian. > > What tools can help me on this? > > Thanks, Paulo Henrique > > I don't have specific multi-system rollout experience, but > have absorbed > some (mis?)information from here and elsewhere. > > There is a "kickstart" tool under development for Debian though AFAIK > it's not production quality yet. > > You can use > > $ dpkg --get-selections > file > $ dpkg --set-selections < file > > ...to install a similar set of packages on several systems (you'd have > to make "file" available on the various systems. You'll still have to > tweak local configuration files, though IIRC debconf can > handle some of > this for you. > > This also looks like a possible application for thin-client, shared > disk, or diskless workstation type solutions. If use of the > boxes, but > not fully autonomous administration, is what's required, then either > mounting system disks over the network, using a "push" > solution (this is > what VA Linux does, IIRC, having found networked/diskless systems too > much of a PITA), or other thin-client solution may work for you. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> > http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. > http://www.opensales.org > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian > GNU/Linux rocks! > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
