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Subject: Re: Mass producing installs?
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Yep - I've done it for FTP installs. sysinstall(8) prompts you for the
floppy, so it presumably deals with the absence of its own media.

----- Original Message -----
From: "stan" <stanb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Mass producing installs?


> On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:51:58AM +0930, Rob wrote:
> > And if this seems a little ambitious (DHCP, TFTP, PXE, NFS etc), you
can
> > just copy the install.cfg file to a floppy, boot from the install
> > CD-ROM, and select 'Load config file' from the main menu. It's not
> > completely automated, but it certainly is simple.
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> Will this work on a floppy install (which is what I use) also?
>
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