Re: EDU Win Lab

[Harry McGregor <micros@azstarnet.com>]

On Sun, 9 May 1999, Tim Wilson wrote:

> People admining Linux labs should look into doing kickstart installations
> if you use RedHat. I plan to try this myself very soon. It allows you to
> "clone" and installation and repeat very easily. You can also add your own
> custom scripts and such to further refine the final system state. You'll
> find docs for it in the RedHat installation guide (RH 5.2 and later).
> 
> -Tim

We are using Slackware (been a slackware using for years, and love it).
We setup some custom install scripts, but this does not hadnle things like
star office, and custom compiled programs.  We found the easiest solution
was a tar (with numberic user and same user options).  We then modified
the rc.inet1 for the correct IP address (we are using static IPs, it's
simplier at this time than DHCP, also increases the logability of the
network).


			Harry

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