my organization is possibly expecting 500 IBM linux laptops....how to install efficiently?

[Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca>]

just wondering if there are any disk image tools 
that would enable rapid efficient installs. 

NOTE. Most of these laptops
will most likely be dual bootable.

I have heard there are some windows tools like diskimage, partition
magic that may aid in this process....



-walter