Ubuntu on cluster

[Scott J. Henson]

Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:

>Starting monday, I will be installing Ubuntu on a cluster to be used for
>a class in september :))
>
>I'm doing lots of reading about PXEboot, preseed etc...
>
>Just have a few quick qusetions:
>
>* Can the Ubuntu installer make /home be mounted via NFS?
>  I suppose 'echo [fstab line] >> /etc/fstab' as 
>  base-config/late-command can do this trick, but there must be a 
>  better way :)
>  
>
I would recommend using automount.  Its much better.  We use it here on 
Ubuntu with ease.

>* If I install nis via base-config/late-command, can I somehow 
>  preseed its answers, or is there another way to install nis? 
>  
>
Generally you can preseed the debconf database somehow, or install in 
non-interactive mode and then copy in conf files afterwards.  We use a 
variation of the second one with great success.