On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Oded Arbel wrote:

> ביום שלישי, 17 בספטמבר 2002, 02:48, Tzafrir Cohen כתב:
> > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Max K. wrote:
>
> > > complete packages replication
> > > complete /etc replication (except hostname, network id etc.)
> > > partitions replication
> > > kernel+modules replication.
> > > booting options replication...
>
> > > this would be nice to be able to:
> > > insert a floppy into a target machine,
> > > boot it,
> > > and tell it the server's ip.
> > > id the machine on the network
> >
> > Root's password as well?
> >
> > > and sweeeesh.
> > > "you can reboot now, the system has been transfered"
>
> Mandrake's automated install does all that, if you remembered to do it in the
> installation stage. OTOH, the new DrakConf has a utility to generate the
> autoinstall floppy on a live system. I'm not sure if it takes the current
> snapshot of the package installed and how it handles packages not from the
> distribution discs. I sure haven't tried it, but it may be worth looking into
> (if you operate a Mandrake, that is)

i have found a few alternatives one of them is "FAI"
(fully automatic install) that ships with Debian Woody.

thanks all!
Max.

>
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> Oded
>
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