[GTALUG] simple straightforward tool for mainaining small networked of imaged linux boxes

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 07:29:59PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> Over at Free Geek Toronto <http://www.freegeektoronto.org/>, we have a
> small computer classroom of desktop boxes that run Linux Mint.  Every
> couple of weeks we re-install clean images by hand.  The process is pretty
> labourious and time-consuming, and we would much rather automate it
> somehow.  However, none of us is a real sysadmin, and the tools I know a
> tiny bit about (landscape, puppet) are non-free and relatively complex.  We
> have very limited financial resources and our volunteer capacity is also a
> bit strained right now.  Does anyone have suggestions for a simple, easy
> way to automate the flashing of images in a small network?
> 
> Thanks as always -- this is my first post on the new list!

Can the machines PXE boot?  If so, you could perhaps have normal boot
enabled all the time, except when you want to reflash when you change
the PXE boot server to instead boot an automatic imaging tool instead.

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Len Sorensen