I've used it in Feisty. When you're finished with the temporary user account, you issue an oem-config-prepare command as root and shut the machine down. The next boot takes you (ie. the end user) through a config wizard to create a user, set the timezone etc.
Regards, Tom On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 18:21 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote: > > > On 10/20/07, Ian Pascoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob - how? > > E > In fact the latest version of Ubuntu has a really good OEM > option so > you can setup a machine, customise it how you like it > (including any > extra packages etc) and then set it up so on the next boot it > asks the > customer for their details. This is a feature I really do > like the look of. > > Rob > > When I last used it, I selected it by mistake. It's on the boot menu > that comes up when you boot from the CD. It used to be only on the > alternate CD, but it seems Gutsy has a graphical version now, so > perhaps it is on the desktop CD. Not sure. > > When I used it (in Dapper) it was basically a normal installation, you > set up the PC, up to the point of entering a username and password. > This is prompted for on the next boot (ie. when the user switches it > on for the first time). > > Matthew. > > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
