http://www.akasig.org/2007/01/04/deployer-40-pcs-dans-les-banlieues/ Innover, servir, entreprendre. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.akasig.org/2007/01/04/deployer-40-pcs-dans-les-banlieues/#comment-78505 AkaSig » Blog Archive » How to install dozens of custom linux boxes? Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:58:14 +0000 http://www.akasig.org/2007/01/04/deployer-40-pcs-dans-les-banlieues/#comment-78505 [...] The way FAI works is as follows. The computer to install boots locally either from a CD-ROM, from a floppy disk or via a local networking protocol such as PXE or BOOTP. It then connects to a central installation server. It is served with instructions about how to install itself. It then downloads and installs packages from official repositories (e.g. Ubuntu repositories) or from the installation server if ever this server contains a mirror of the distribution repository. It is a package-based installer and differs from file-based installers such as System Imager (that relies on rsync). [...] [...] The way FAI works is as follows. The computer to install boots locally either from a CD-ROM, from a floppy disk or via a local networking protocol such as PXE or BOOTP. It then connects to a central installation server. It is served with instructions about how to install itself. It then downloads and installs packages from official repositories (e.g. Ubuntu repositories) or from the installation server if ever this server contains a mirror of the distribution repository. It is a package-based installer and differs from file-based installers such as System Imager (that relies on rsync). [...]

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