[ale] Stupid M$ windows crappy software %#$^*(

[James P. Kinney III]

Most bulk windows installs would be ghosted. I did a 24 machine RedHat
install using an NFS mounted source and a boot floppy with kickstart. On
a 100BaseT network loading a basic workstation (with IP address
modifications) it took 3.5 hours for all 24 machines. When we ghosted
those same boxes on the same network, it ran for over 24 hours. And we
STILL had to individually configure network and host names.

On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 14:51, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Jim wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday 13 August 2002 09:46 pm, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Scenario: 2 year old Dell, win98, antivirus software installed but not
> <<snip>> 
> > I came across this article yesterday:
> > 
> > http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0812.install.html
> > 
> > The author installed both Windows 2000 Pro and RedHat Linux 7.3 on a Sony 
> > Vaio. He made sure to enable the same services on each and kept record of the 
> > time spent on both installs. The results were this:
> > 
> > Windows 2000 Pro		2:05
> > RedHat Linux 7.3		1:35
> > 
> <<snip>> 
> 
> Thanks for the link. I find the two install times most interesting, 
> although wouldn't most Windows installs be ghosted or the like?
> 
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