Ubuntu on cluster

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On vr, 2005-07-15 at 11:33 -0400, Scott J. Henson wrote:
> 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.

Would you mind sharing your pxe/preseed configuration (raw configfiles
without xplanation will do fine :)) so I can look at a working example?
-- 
Dennis K.
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