[Gllug] Multiple Installs

[Walid]

I would say kickstart using an FTP server

 --- David Irvine <co2cool at yahoo.com> wrote: > James Bailey wrote:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >I look after several labs of PC at Bournemouth University running Linux,
> >currently Redhat v7.1. These labs of PC are used to inform our students that
> >there are alternatives to M$ Windows. We give the students root access and
> >let them pull dowing network, add users and generally trash the palce :) I
> >need an easy way to rebuild labs of identical machines. I have just install
> >a lab of 16 identical pc's I used a network boot disk. I noticed install
> >over from M$ Windows server is no londer and option so I used the HTTP type
> >install.
> >
> >Has any one got any ideas or experience of installing large numbers of PC's
> >with linux in an automated or semi-automated way.
> >
> >many thanks
> >
> >James
> >
> >James Bailey
> >Programming, Linux and Clustering
> >School of DEC
> >Bournemouth University
> >(01202) 59 x5627
> >
> >
> Mandrake has a linux replication option, which  gives you a floppy, you 
> just stick it in,  boot it up and  it installs. Come back  after a cup 
> of tea and its sorted.
> 
> D
> 
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> 
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