Re: Rebuilding minimal install iso RHEL 4 (U1)

[John Summerfied <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Jay Lee wrote:
> Michael Stiller wrote:

> Have you considered using PXE booting?  It's a bit of a pain to setup 
> the first time but once you have it, you'll not remember how you lived 
> without it.  There's nothing better than doing a "nothing but net" 
> install in front of someone who's never seen one before to impress them. 
>  And not having to go searching for boot media all the time is nice too.

I've decided I'd rather boot a CD than change BIOS settings twice.

I don't know what install environments folk actually use, but I envisage
1. An install lab where machines are mass-installed before dispatch to 
the workplace
2. Tutorial labs for testing: not a lot different
3. In situ, perhaps at a "remote site."
4. Vendor place, may be akin to 1, maybe per-client setup.

Some folk might be happy with machines that boot from CD (or USB); those 
would set them that way and boot from CD (or USB).

I imagine vendors, and maybe large users, might have a Linux (or DOS) 
program that updates the BIOS after installation, to get it into a 
standard known configuration. Those wouldn't be concerned with the need 
to turn PXE (or CD booting) off, but for some it's time better not spent.

For my purposes, I'm happy to have CD booting but not network booting 
enabled. What if you plugged an install server into my LAN? I might well 
shoot you (out the door), but that's too late.

In some of thse cases, plugging a laptop into the LAN to function as an 
install server would be a good way to go: I'd be pretty happy with CD 
booting, especially as not all machines do PXE (and some older ones do 
it badly).





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