On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Chad Walstrom wrote: > The new debian-installer is working well for attended installations, but > for unattended installations, you'll need to use FAI (Fully Automated > Install) or autoinstall. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. <...> > Scott Dier uses autoinstall to maintain the Debian boxes at the CS > Department at the U and swears by it. I'm sure he can give you examples > of its strengths and weaknesses as well. Another way to do remote installations of Debian is to use debootstrap to create a base system, copy it over, and chroot to finish the configuration (/etc/fstab, grub, etc). I used this method to install Debian on a friend's colo system provided by 1and1 - they have a recovery console that you can reboot the box into (via their administrative web interface), and then fdisk and repartition the drive. I just couldn't stand RH9. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list