Hi all,
Do you known JumpStart from SUN or equivalent for IBM AIX or SGI IRIX ?
Just type "boot net install" at the ok prompt go to the coffee machine
and come back 1 hour later : Our machine is fire up and well configure
for your office.
If Mandrake will be present into large scale enterprise, which have a
lot of different box, you must provide a powerful automatic install
mechanism.
Some idea/requirement :
o This program let you install a machine by typing just one line.
o It must be more automatic than kickstart.
o Maintain an NFS or HTTP server with full distro + over package in
simple manner.
o Made some kickstart default installation file for the main config
with an graphical editor.
o Let the user connect to an WEB server to build it's personal
kickstart starting with default config or scratch in expert or newbie
mode :
- Get a maximum technical information about the box
- Perform automatic partitioning regarding already install OS (like
W$)
- Let the user choose between typical usage (like for install
Development, WEB server ...)
- At the end, build the right boot diskette with appropriate kickstart
o Made installer more automatic by performing all hardware/software
detection
o Let the administrator the possibility to execute some shell script to
customize the installation (automount configuration, printer
configuration regarding the user group/dpt ...)
o Configure MandrakeUpdate with the local server and not only official
server
o Add autorpm
....
Let me known if you would more detail about JumpStart or new
functionality's.
Olivier
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