Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 18:59:53 -0500 From: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Remote install of BSD/software Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20011113185217.0097d900@pop.netzero.net>
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Silly question, but I remember something during my training for working with win2k boxes that windows 2000 had the ability to allow a systems administrator to do a remote install of multiple machines of win2k complete with uniqueness files and unattended files so that no matter if the machines were all the same or different in hardware/software each machine would be automatically installed/upgraded with win2k over the network with no interaction by the administrator. Anyone know how to do something like this for BSD?? I'm looking at needing to do something similar to this via the lan for something like 100 machines, each with their own unique hardware configurations and each group with their own unique OS settings and security as well as software bundles based on each groups job requirements. Anyone know of a good way to do this short of installing BSD on each machine individually one at a time then installing the software packages behind the OS install? If that's the only way to do this, I'm definitely not looking forward to this. But hey, sleep deprivation is actually kinda fun...for the first 4 days anyways. Anyone got any ideas or suggestions on this? I know that some of you BSD/MS admins have run into this via your mixed networks. Any help is definitely going to be a huge help. Thanks to the N'th degree. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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