On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:35:33 +0200 Tomasz Marszal wrote: > Will you have to boot all 10 pcs and do the install process on them or > there are some magic scripts that redistribute your img or tar file via a > network. I know this is possible for Linux but never done it for BSD. Do > this magic script use broadcast for faster transmission and avoiding the > bottleneck of your switch.
Depends on bandwidth really, there are remote imagers and one to many ssh consoles. You can also use your own repo with a custom .tgz by selecting http during the install. Also I think it was Antoine that did an article in BSDMAG (free download) that shows how he uses puppet to maintain his companies desktops.