Braun Brelin wrote:
> Hello all,
>> Fresh off my long e-mail thread about Ubuntu mass installation....
>> I'm now attempting to set up a server that will allow unattended network
> installs of Ubuntu onto 500 + laptops.
> Unfortunately, all of the instructions that I'm reading say that I need to
> set up a bootp server
> which requires me to know all of the MAC addresses ahead of time. Is there
> any sort of setup that
> I can use which *doesn't* require me to know the MAC addresses ahead of
> time?
>> Thanks,
>> Braun
you could use a
dhcpserver to capture the mac addresses
then use that to inform your bootp server
(seems messy but might be worth the effort)
or you could get 20 usb keys and hope the machines have nothing on the
hard drive so they default to booting off the usb keys
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