[plug] FAI, anyone?

Paul hooker at iinet.net.au
Sun Dec 7 08:51:12 WST 2008


On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 23:08 +0900, Marcos Raul Carot Collins wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> Has any of you tried FAI (Full automated Installation) in either Debian or 
> Ubuntu?
> 
> I am reading and re-reading the manual but can't understand the classes thingy 
> and how to write my own.
> 
> Any example classes/configuration files (other than the ones provided with the 
> FAI package) may help a lot.
> 
> I just want to Install a full Debian system on client computers using FAI.
> 
> I got to the point where everything works with the sample files provided, but 
> that only installs a very basic Debian over a PXE boot, NFS mounted FS + a 
> local Debian Mirror.

Not personally, but iiNet uses FAI for all server builds - very
successfully too.

Adrian, you ought there?

Hooker




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