Re: [ENTERPRISE] Routines for Large Desktop Rollouts

[Adam Jacob <adam cybertrails com>]

On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 12:20:09PM -0400, Chuck Mead wrote:
> What would be the best way to rollout a few hundred (or thousand)
> desktops on identical hardware with identical desktop configurations for
> the GUI?  Put 'em out using DHCP, of course but...
> 
> I presume there's a way to "mirror" an install image so you didn't have to
> do an install from original media for each machine.  Anybody done it?

	You, my friend, need network kickstarts. :)  It's the only
way to fly when you need lots and lots of identical machines.  For
further instruction, check out:

RH's KickStart-HOWTO (found on your RH CD in the doc/HOWTO directory),
the README.ks file (also in the /doc directory), and the sample.ks
file.  That should be enough to get you started.  

	If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me.. I do
kickstarts all the time, with lots of crazy stuff in the post-install
section. :) (Things like installing Qmail, ripping out sendmail,
doing basic security changes (inetd.conf, hosts.allow/hosts.deny, cops,
tripwire, et al.).  

			Adam

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