quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Matt Price
Hi, I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging workstations without cd drives. THese are donated boxes with small hard drives (as small as 2.1 gig, but not all identical) all wiped clean. my thought is: do a workstation install of ubuntu on one drive and get it all cleaned

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 09:20:33AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: } Hi, } } I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging } workstations without cd drives. THese are donated boxes with small hard } drives (as small as 2.1 gig, but not all identical) all wiped clean. } } my thought

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Gregory Seidman wrote: } fdisk /dev/hdb, and set up / and swap partitions faster way to copy partitions from one disk to another is with sdisk or cat file | fdisk } mkswap /dev/hdb5# do I need to do this? no .. swap partition is optional, and if you have enuff

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 11:49:25AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 09:20:33AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: } Hi, } } I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging } workstations without cd drives. THese are donated boxes with small hard } drives (as

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Jeff D
Matt Price wrote: Hi, I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging workstations without cd drives. THese are donated boxes with small hard drives (as small as 2.1 gig, but not all identical) all wiped clean. my thought is: do a workstation install of ubuntu on one drive

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 11:18:35AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: } On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 11:49:25AM -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote: } On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 09:20:33AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: } } Hi, } } } } I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging } } workstations

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Ron Peterson
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 09:20:33AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: Hi, I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging workstations without cd drives. THese are donated boxes with small hard drives (as small as 2.1 gig, but not all identical) all wiped clean. Have you looked at

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Matt Price
ok then, just clarifying (don't want to screw this up):On 9/20/05, Alvin Oga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Gregory Seidman wrote: } fdisk /dev/hdb, and set up / and swap partitions faster way to copy partitions from one disk to another iswith sdisk orcat file | fdisk can't find

Re: quickly partition disk, copy an image, install grub

2005-09-20 Thread Matt Price
Hi Ron,On 9/20/05, Ron Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 09:20:33AM -0400, Matt Price wrote: Hi, I have to install ubuntu or something similar on about 20 aging workstations without cd drives.THese are donated boxes with small hard drives (as small as 2.1 gig, but not all