[debian-lan-devel] converting a minimal Debian installation with FAI

[JLambot]

Dear Andreas, In fact I've not tested Debian lan yet :(
So maybe FAI does it, but, I was wondering if preseeding could be an option
with debian-lan?
Because it's a good way to install bare systems.
Otherwise, if FAI does the job and has significant advantages, I've no
doubt your solution should be right.

I'll get back as soon I've time to start my damn tests :)

Julien


On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 11:02 PM, Andreas B. Mundt <andi.mundt at web.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've figured out a way to convert an existing minimal Debian
> installation with FAI.  It seems to work pretty well for Debian-LAN,
> and I would like to share/discuss the approach.  It uses "fai -vN
> softupdate" for the conversion.  The necessary steps are:
>
>       * install the base system, hostname "mainserver" with the
>         debian installer
>       * install fai-quickstart
>       * copy the debian-lan config space in place
>       * disable starting services
>       * run "fai -vN -s file:///srv/fai/config softupdate"
>       * enable services and reboot
>
> A few more details can be found in the Debian Wiki [1].  Perhaps it
> would be even interesting to add some option to fai that disables
> service starting for softupdate.
>
> Any comments/ideas?
>
> Best regards,
>
>      Andi
>
>
> [1] <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLAN/bootstrap>
>
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