On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 12:08:27PM +0200, Eli Billauer wrote:
> Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
> >No clear indication how to update the system, security fixes, bug
> >fixes etc. For that, you need to essentially base your distro on a
> >well-known one - back to fights?
> >
> Of course it's *based* on a well-known distro. Actually it will almost
> *be* the original distro. The difference is that instead of installing
> rmps or debs, we install a snapshot of a healthy, tuned system.
Why not use kick-start installation, then?
>
> >Now, doesn't your process consist of essentially the same stages as
> >the regular install: pop a disk in, partition the drive, transfer the
> >packages to the disk in one form or another?
> >
> Minus answering a lot of questions ("Are we installing workstations?
> What security level?") and needing to install the patches individually.
> Taking away a lot of opportunities for human errors.
>
> >What probably would be useful is a post-install script or something
> >that will add locally useful packages and configure a few things. And
> >maybe a CD with a full current set of updates.
> >
> >
> Why more useful? If we want a certain final result, why not go for it
> directly? Scripts are nice, but it takes time to write them, and
> sometimes we also write bugs.
Also consider to have something reporducable. Such an image tends to be
irrproducable
>
> As for the hardware setup that Ori mentioned, I believe that a single
> run of kudzu will do this as graceful as the installation script.
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