Re: Ideas thrown around for Fully Automated Installations

[jimmy@g-tec.co.at]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 08:52:33AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
 
> > Partitioning will be difficult. I think we'd need our own special format
> > for it. Also, maybe net configuration..
> 
> With this scheme, indeed it's just a matter of putting the correct
> debconf values after all. So, for net configuration, nearly everything
> should be possible.
> 
> For partitioning, maybe begins by being not too much ambitious and try
> to support only very simple systems (autopartitioning with the simple
> recipes we have, for instance)
> 
> Anyway, these are just ideas thrown around. I'm unable to do this
> myself...and, anyway, we should focus more on the next release..:-)

Take a look at debian-FAI:
http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/

I always use it for full automatic installations, even when installing
just one machine.

greets Jimmy

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