[Klug-general] Help with Ubuntu network install

[Oliver Marks]

ltsp and dhcp will let you install linux as for default packages not
looked into this myself yet, but you could perhaps setup something to
connect using ssh and use a package list exported from synaptics.

I built the tftp and dhcp stuff into my server management code it
downloads the images for various distros with a click in the browser and
give you a graphical boot over network to select which one you wish to
install.

Its probably not usable at present because of heavy development so i
would not use it but the code may be of use its called usm on launchpad,
you can also install windows using this same technology.

I used to have linux deploying windows and silently deploying software
after installation to a roomfull of machines using this technology.

On Tue, 2010-08-31 at 18:46 +0100, Laurence Southon wrote:
> On 31/08/10 14:31, Jake Subs wrote:
> > 
> > But will this approach work with Clonezilla? The idea is to have all
> > the software and preferences prepared on one machine and then cloned
> > to the rest.
> >
> Slightly OT, but if your aim is to maintain, as distinct from just
> install, these machines with the same configuration then you could
> consider Puppet:
> 
> http://www.puppetlabs.com/
> 
> Gird your loins for some hard work to learn, but once you have you won't
> look back. Just imagine doing an update and configuration change on all
> of them without leaving your desk, or even being in the building.
> 
> There is much documentation and a very active mailing list for questions.
> 
> LS