If you are looking at just installing the exact same thing on several
identical or very similar boxes, I would look at something called
SystemImager.  VA Linux put it out and it does a fantastic job of taking
an image and pushing it out to many machines.  We use it at KBkids.com
to push an image out to our web farm.  It pushes 1.9Gb images out in 5
minutes.  There are also some options to have it change to configuration
as a post install job.  Check out http://www.systemimager.com.  This
might help you get those machines setup faster.

Kevin Newman


On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 07:44, Richard Barker wrote:
> I'm not sure if this should be 'OT' or not.
>
> Anyway, does anyone know how you can create a simple standard build of a Red
> Hat installation.  What I mean is when you install Red Hat and you want to
> choose all the individual packages.  Is there a way to set it once and each
> install will be the same.
>
> I think Mandrake has a feature where you can store all the installation
> options on a floppy and then just install using the floppy.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Richard.
>
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