Re: prepackaged Debian GNU/Linux

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>]

Steve Dunham <dunham@cps.msu.edu> writes:
>...  Red Hat has us beat here.  
>
>They also have a completely automated install in their latest beta.
>You put in a floppy, tell it to use "kickstart" (sounds familiar,
>doesn't it?) and it will BOOTP, get a configuration file (which
>contains instructions on which packages to install, how to partition
>the HD, timezones, etc.), partition the drive and install linux,
>completely hands-off.

I would very much like to see Debian get something like this.  It
would let a blind user install the system without requiring a second
computer to act as a terminal.  (Actually, even that doesn't work with
Debian yet.)

                           - Jim Van Zandt


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