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Date:      Tue, 9 Jan 2001 18:46:01 -0500
From:      "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com>
To:        "Per Tore Larsen" <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com>, "'Andrew ARENSBurger'" <arensb@cfar.umd.edu>
Cc:        <jheath@istrength.net>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: SV: Mass install automation
Message-ID:  <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPKEPLCOAA.otterr@telocity.com>
In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F83A@fernonorden.com>

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If you're using Intel NICs which support PXE, check out
http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/
-Otter


}-----Original Message-----
}From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
}[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Per
}Tore Larsen
}Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:16 PM
}To: 'Andrew ARENSBurger'
}Cc: 'jheath@istrength.net'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
}Subject: SV: SV: Mass install automation
}
}
}True, true.
}
}This can be bypassed by a simple setup thingy on MS but
}yes with FreeBSD this would be not as easy.
}
}You could experiment with some kind of distribution server
}for these files that need user intervention for correct
}configuration of ip etc.
}
}Probably an easier solution out there.
}
}I stand corrected.. :)
}
}PeTe
}
}> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
}> Fra: Andrew ARENSBurger [mailto:arensb@cfar.umd.edu]
}> Sendt: 9. januar 2001 19:51
}> Til: Per Tore Larsen
}> Kopi: 'jheath@istrength.net'; 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'
}> Emne: Re: SV: Mass install automation
}>
}>
}> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Per Tore Larsen wrote:
}> > Using Norton Ghost to make an image of the harddrive
}> > on an installed reference Freebsd box.
}> > Then setup an Ghost server on an Windows machine.
}> > Create boot disk.
}> > The install should take it from there.
}>
}> 	The main issue I can think of with this is that since Ghost is
}> OS-independent, that means that it can't deal with
}OS-specific stuff.
}> 	If you set up a machine the way you want, then use
}Ghost to make
}> 50-100 copies of it, they'll all be absolutely identical: if
}> you set the
}> hostname in /etc/rc.conf, the'll all have the same hostname etc.
}> 	I think you can get away with this if you use DHCP. Otherwise,
}> you'll need to run a post-install script on each machine
}to install an
}> appropriate /etc/rc.conf and make any other customization.
}>
}> 					/AA/
}>
}>
}>
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