[ale] Configuring a bunch of workstations the same

[Jerald Sheets]

Yep.  Kickstart.

My beginner network install article can be found here:
http://servers.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/26/039241&tid=87&tid=29&tid=42

That'll give you an overview for setting up the first part, the network
installation server.

To automate identical machine installs, however, you need to work on your
kickstart file.

That documentation is here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/c
h-kickstart2.html


Yes, it's for Enterprise, but the programs work identically, and it's a good
reference for the kickstart file:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s
1-kickstart2-file.html

You can also (in Fedora) use the kickstart applet to build a very generic,
very basic kickstart file.  Then you can use the reference to modify it to
suit.

I hope that helps!

Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
(404) 293-8762
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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Philip
Polstra
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 10:04 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] Configuring a bunch of workstations the same

Here is a question for the Linux gurus.  I am trying to upgrade 28
workstations to FC3 at the high school.  I also want to set them all up to
use NIS and have home directories NFS mounted, etc.  Is there an easy way to
have these installed with a default config so I don't have to manually do
all of this later?

I have installed linux over the network before, so that is a non-issue.
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