Ubuntu 8.10 - Ball dropped

[David A. Bandel]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

[snip]

>
> I do agree with you on one point, Lonni: it's a shame that Debian does
> not have a simple and effective kickstart utility. Since I don't need
> to kickstart my home system, it's not a major problem for me.
>

Well, all my Debian installs are pxe/network installs -- just did
another one Monday (whopping 15 minutes, more than half waiting for
packages to download).   There are ways to automate some things, but I
just don't see automating _everything_ unless you're either
reinstalling the same systems over and over (like Lonnie, but I've
never quite understood why) or have a pile of identical machines
(never been my case).   I can install a dozen non-identical systems in
little more time than one (so when possible I install multiple systems
at once), but can't imagine how I'd automate all of it.  Would take
just as much or more time than just doing the install as it stands.
And since every machine I install gets its own customized set of
software ... (but that comes after the system is installed and
running).

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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