This was done on a lab with many slightly (and vastly) different machines so Norton Ghost wouldn't have helped us much.
The only big failing in Kickstart is X. On some machines it will work fine, but there are always a few that need special tweaks.
I've heard that the best fully automated install is from Solaris. I'm trying out Debian's FAI this weekend though.
Another thing I've gotta try someday is Knoppix's netboot server thing. You can take one CD and boot an entire lab off it in minutes. That's what I call deployment.
Michael Halcrow wrote:
That's fine, as long as we get to do a minimal Red Hat NFS install over gigabit ethernet from a RAID server. :-)
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 20:36, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
I'm actually not too shabby on the windows side, but I'm biased against it so I might make it look bad subconciously. There would have to be some ground rules. Could Team Windows use automated installs prepared ahead of time for instance? Can they use a RIS server? Some of these things can make a huge difference in the time it takes to set up.
Arthur Moore wrote:
If someone knows anyone who would be willing. I'd setup a time and place. With Hans' help I'd do the linux/debian side.
Art
Quoting David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
<quote who="Matt W.">
Heh, sounds like its time to post a flyer in some IT classes asking for a challenge. Lets pit an experienced Winders person against a linux guy. That'd be cool.
Better yet: let's get Team Linux and Team Windows and make it a 3-on-3. And, you can even use all the outside tech support you want:
[Linux Team] Getting help from Samba developers. [Windows Team] Getting help from minimum-wage Convergys worker in India.
--Dave
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