Paul Dufresne wrote: > FAI seems to have been packaged almost if not since the beginning of Ubuntu, > see: > http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=fai&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all >
Yes, but it's also true that it did not work well and nice until dapper, when I think, Reinhard Tartler started working on this. I am the "Lazyboy" mentioned in this bug report, but my work goes only into "installing Ubuntu from a Debian FAI Server" - as opposed to "running a FAI SErver on Ubuntu, installing Ubuntu". Ubuntu is only used as a Desktop OS for me, so I stopped working on FAI running on Ubuntu when I saw it was too hard and no one cared anyway (see below). I think, unless the reporter states that this bug still exists, this can be closed (it's mentioned that it's for breezy). The question of general/full FAI support in Ubuntu, and making FAI the official auto-Installer for Ubuntu seems another one, with an political/informal background. We(the FAI developers team) offered Canonical/Ubuntu to help getting FAI better supported on Ubuntu, but no one seemed to be interested. It seemed that they are content with the kickstart "workaround/config converter" and with d-i preseeding(which, in my opinion fails, as soon as you have more complex setups, and need to set more stuff which isn't foreseen in debconf questions by the maintainer). The upsides of using FAI are quite easy to see: - class-based configs, so system classes can be combined at your wish - multiple install mehtods: network install, install into directory(for xen/chroots/other virtualization systems), and cd installs - multiple distributions installable from one server: we currently have the possibility to install (even different versions of) debian, ubuntu, redhat, suse, and there is work going on to get even windows installed. So, it should not be hard to see the upsides of this against preseeding/kickstart - only a decision to set on this mature and flexible technology would be required :) Henning -- Where is the official automated installer for Ubuntu, ie. FAI (Fully Automated Installer) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
