On Thu 04 Dec 2008, 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?
PXEBOOT + DHCP server + TFTP server
>> Thanks,
>> Braun
Paul.
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