Re: Need Reasons for switching to Debian from Redhat
* Jamin W. Collins <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> [020719 00:35]:
> On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:01:40 -0300 pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br (Jeronimo
> Pellegrini) wrote:
>
> > Although I'd surely choose Debian, I have to say that Red Had has a
> > nice feature: you can install it on one box, and then colne the
> > installation on the others. I forget the nmae of the feature...
>
> I believe the feature is called "kickstart" or something similiar.
Hmff. Debian has the replicator
> apt-cache show replicator
Version: 2.1.0
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Sbastien Chaumat <schaumat@debian.org>
Depends: rsync (>= 2.3.2), perl, wget, dialog, nfs-server, grub
Architecture: i386
Filename: dists/sid/main/binary-i386/admin/replicator_2.1.0.deb
Size: 120210
MD5sum: 5cafd6230e0f4b3cca7ba6d532d9c83f
Description: automate new computer installations in a networked site.
Using a nfs-root filesystem and rsync, replicator allow
you to non-interactively install a target computer
identical to the model computer. It can handle differences
in partitioning and hardware.
.
Designed for clusters, classrooms and wherever you need
identical Debian boxes.
.
It's REALLY faster than normal Debian installation method.
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