Installing Ubuntu on numeorus machines simultanrously

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On 01/15/2010 06:21 AM, Brian McKee wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Rafiq Hajat <ipi.malawi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have been trying to start a movement to wean Malawians away from
>> Microsoft domination for some time now and am slowly gaining some
>> ground. I've just been requested by a Primary School, to install UBUNTU
>> onto all itś computers because they are sick and tired of virus
>> infections and pirated software installations.
>> I remember using Ghost via laplink for multiple installations in the old
>> days.
>> They have 20 PCs and I would dearly appreciate some advice on how to get
>> the job done with minimum fuss.
> 
> Clonezilla with a network share would make installing (and
> reinstalling) quick and easy once you have  'gold master' set up the
> way you want.
> It will even 'multicast' (send install to many machines
> simultaneously) without sending the data many times.
> 
> Other imaging systems like Mondo would work as well, but don't do
> multicast IIUC.

Or perhaps a PXE server if the 20 pc's are networked?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallMultiDistro