Re: [edlug] ghosting linux images

[Planet Fenn <fenn@xxx.xxx.xxx>]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, James E. Jarvis wrote:

>
> If folk are really interested I could redo an update of talk I did at
> UKUUG for EdLug. Our PIE system can multicast. It is linux based and
> scripted. To date it has been used for nearly 3000 windows XP builds.
>
> >
> > I use it NFS with root-NFS boot kernel on cd/floppy/usb, but I
> > guess would work over PXE as well.
> >
>
> We use floppy/cdrom/usb/pxe but use http for image download (https for
> authentication to proprietary images).  NFS is rarely passed through
> firewalls, so http can be a better protocol.
>
> I believe PIE docs are visible outwith the Uni so try
> http://pie.ucs.ed.ac.uk/ for a quick look.
>

That sounds an interesting talk; there was a question a couple of days
ago about installing whilst preserving data, if we could have your
PIE talk followed by a brainstorming session, that would be great.

fenn
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