[Tfug] Image custom install onto CD(s)

[Benjamin Krein]

You should look into Mondo Rescue too (www.mondorescue.org I think).  It 
does nearly exactly what you are looking for -- makes CD/DVD/Tape image 
of your existing installation so you can restore it via that media 
(bootable in the case of the CD/DVD) on a 'bare metal' box that has at 
least as much HDD space as the original and a somewhat similar 
architecture.  The whole thing is really pretty easy to use and the 
restore process is all menu driven making it simple on the other end 
too.  I would guess RH/FC are probably supported better than any other 
distro by Mondo Rescue too.  Check it out.

Benjamin Krein
www.superk.org



Eric Cross wrote:
> I have a need to build custom installations of RH Enterprise 4.0
> distributions for remote offices.  I'd like to burn the custom install
> to 1 or more CDs, ship the CDs out to the remote office and have a
> local tech thrown the CDs into identical hardware, boot from CD and
> require as little as possible interaction with the installation. 
> Ideally, they would only be prompted to insert CD1, CD2, etc, and have
> all options including disk partitioning, setting root password and so
> forth be completed by the installation CDs.
> 
> Then after the install completes,  I envision the tech running a
> script to allow for hostname, localization, network config, etc. for
> final configuration of the system.
> 
> I feel this would allow me to create as little confusion as possible
> for the remote techs by providing a packet of CDs and a one-page
> document of what the tech should do, while at the same time provide a
> standard installation across all of our remote offices.
> 
> I believe Symantec's Ghost can perform this or similar process for
> Windows, but I'm not familiar with any Linux packages that can do the
> same.  I do not have the capability to run Kickstart over the network
> for any of these installations.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas on this folks!
> 
> -Eric
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