multiple pc install

[Daniel Robitaille]

> > i recently was hired as system administrator for a
> > university where they are in the process of switching
> > from fedora core 3 to ubuntu......the problem is i
> > need to install ubuntu on 300+ computers.....is there
> > anyway to do an automated install or network install
> > from the main server here on campus? i really don't
> > want to manually install ubuntu on each
> > pc......individually...
> > thanks in advance
>
> Yes, there are a number of ways to do unattended network installs, even if the
> distro doesn't support it.  Debian does though, in the shape of FAI.  I
> haven't yet used it myself, but it seems to be very complete :)
>
>    http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/
>
> In particular, have a read at the FAI guide on that site:
>
>    http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/fai-guide.html/

The wiki has a page for FAi under Hoary:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DeployingHoaryWithFAI

It would be nice if someone with experience with FAI under Ubuntu
Breezy add the info to the wiki since that wiki page is getting old.



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Daniel Robitaille