>>>>> "Michael" == Michael S Fischer <michael@dynamine.net> writes:
Michael> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 12:23:19AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
>> IMO debian already has a system pretty darn close to kickstart, with
>> the above commands i can clone a system at *any* time, not just when
>> installing. with kickstart you can only create the kickstart file at
>> install time (AFAIK anyway) and redhat installers are notorious for
>> ignoring your package selections and installing whatever it feels
like.
>> so your still stuck going through packages and removing crap anyway.
Michael> I strongly disagree with this assertion. You may clone a
system's
Michael> package inventory this way, but in doing so you will not
clone the
Michael> actual system configuration.
Right.