Doing a Linux MASS install.

[Vlad]

        Well, you basically have two options:

        1) Something like Norton Ghost Corporate, so you can multicast
to a few hundred machines at once (make sure you have a great
switching infrastructure), which will cost in licensing fees (or maybe
get a one-time donation for that as well).

        2) Something like setting up a KickStart server and having the
boxes PXE boot and do an unattended KickStart install - it works
pretty well.


        -- Vlad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Colin
> McGregor
> Sent: July 20, 2006 12:10 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Doing a Linux MASS install.
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I stick my nose in a LOT of things, including GTALUG,
> UU and the Toronto Free-Net.
>
> This past week the Toronto Free-Net got a donation of
> approx. 2,000 computers, about 90% of which are Dell
> Optiplex GX1 machines (Pentium II, 400 MHz) boxes.
> This of course means a challenge, the machines need to
> be made function, get a Linux (or other free OS)
> install and get pushed out the door to people who
> could use these machines :-) . Oh, and the machines
> need to be gone from where they are now by September
> 1, 2006 (no time pressure :-) ).
>
> So, I gather that Ubuntu has a tool for doing mass
> copy of a tailored distro. onto multiple hard drives,
> has anyone tried the tool? Are these tools available
> in other Linux distros (i.e.: ones that are friendlier
> to KDE than Ubuntu :-) )? How well does this work when
> the hard drives differ in size? Would there be anyone
> interested in doing a MASS (like over 1,000 machines)
> Linux install some weekend in August for the Toronto
> Free-Net?
>
> Colin McGregor
>
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