****Re: sad day on PLUG

[Jorge Delacruz]

RHEL3 install times 1:30 - 2:00 minutes.
RHEL5 - 5-7 minutes.

The installs have full X, GNOME, and KDE libs.

Caveat: kickstart install is done over 1GB network -
quite abit faster than a DVD.



--- Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> kickstart? it would have to be the most absolute
> minimal install. Heck,
> a typical desktop  installed from DVD would take 15
> minutes.
> 
> then of course, you have updates. Fedora 7 - which I
> expect to replace
> with Fedora 8 this week would install over 330
> updates after the
> kickstart install which easily tacked on 45 minutes.
> 
> Craig
> 
> On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 16:04 -0800, Jorge Delacruz
> wrote:
> > I'm working on a system (server with PXE boot and
> > kickstart) that simplifies the below process to:
> > 
> > 1. Buy new Optiplex from Dell
> > 2. Open box, unpack computer
> > 3. Connect computer to keyboard/power/network and
> turn
> > on
> > 4.  Enter MAC address, IP, name on server
> > 5. 5-7 minutes later, disconnect computer and put
> in
> > user workspace
> > 6. Repeat process with next box.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Craig White <craig at tobyhouse.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 09:48 -0700, Dan Lund
> wrote:
> > > > I prefer CentOS for pure stability and
> > > reliability, and Gentoo or
> > > > Debian for custom configurations.
> > > > I just have issues personally with running
> > > something Red Hat uses as a
> > > > beta test-bed for it's future product.
> > > ----
> > > actually, it's a great desktop OS for our
> > > non-profit.
> > > 
> > > unattended/automated kickstart installation
> > > including configuration from
> > > local lan repository.
> > > 
> > > 1. Buy new Optiplex from Dell
> > > 2. Open box, unpack computer
> > > 3. Connect comuter to keyboard/power/network and
> > > turn on
> > > 4. Press button and insert boot CD
> > > 5. Press F12 and choose boot disc
> > > 6. Select CD
> > > 7. On Linux boot... enter
> > >    linux install
> > > method=http://my_local_repository/stage_2_boot \
> > >   
> > >
> >
>
ks=http://my_local_webserver/configuration_server/ks-fc8-x86_64.cfg
> > > 8. 1 hour later, disconnect computer and put in
> user
> > > workspace
> > > 9. Repeat process with next box.
> > > 
> > > Craig
> > > 
> > >
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> > Jorge Delacruz
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