Re: Kickstart floppy Debian

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> What I do:
> - on 'golden client' save package information:
>    $ dpkg --get-selections "*" >myselections # or use \*
>    (This is a file with lines like  `packagename   installed` etc.)
> - on 'golden client' save configuration information:
>    $ debconf-get-selections > configselections
>    (This stores the answers to all those questions during install)
>
> On 'new' computer:
> - install base system (no extra software, no user (we have a central
> user management on a server via network))
>
> - load package information:
>    $dpkg --set-selections < myselections
>
> - load package configuration information:
>    $debconf-set-selections < configselections
>
> - now install the packages with aptitude or else
>
> - now you have on both maschines the same packages with the same debconf
> configuration. If there are some spcially crafted config-files in /etc
> just copy them on disk and then to the 'new' computers as well.
>
> My myselections and configselections are about 30k each and easily fit
> on a floppy.
>
> It's just a little more work than having a fully automatic installation,
> but very configurable.
>
> You could also put your three or some more lines into a skript to
> execute after base-install. (In fact this is, what I do. )
>
> More information on automatic installation can be found in the official
> documentation:
>
> http://www.de.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s07.html.en
>
> Johannes
Hi Johannes,

Thankyou so  much, this was something i was looking for..

Will try this out.

Regards,

Boskey

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