<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ello,<br><br></div>* Image - will test it on a machine here before putting up a link/torrent/zsync (at Michael's request) (though the notes I posted should help you re-create the ISO - that's the intended purpose of said notes :-p)<br><br></div>* By "options" I mean the initial screens asking for "partitioning" (I'd just use "erase disk" option), setting timezone and keyboard (which will invariably be LA + US), to leave only the screen asking for a computer name, username and password. It's not essential, these are trivial but if we can skip them it would be better.<br><br></div>* Yeah I'm still stuck on PXE - I've had some pointers from Rab in EdLUG (basically, first, don't test using VirtualBox!) and Charlie's notes still to review. And Michael's notes when he has a moment :-)<br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>===<br>Tai Kedzierski<br><br></div><div>IT Services Specialist<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://helpuse.com" target="_blank">http://helpuse.com</a><br>+44 (0) 7526 963 612 (portable GB)<br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span></span><font size="1"><img src="http://www.free-mac-programs.com/images/applications/libreoffice.png" height="19" width="19"> I use <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org" target="_blank">www.libreoffice.org</a><br><br><i>"Open Source Free Software is a matter of liberty, not price."</i><br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 April 2015 at 01:58, Christian Einfeldt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:einfeldt@gmail.com" target="_blank">einfeldt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,<br><br></div>My comments in line below...<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Tai Kedzierski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dch.tai@gmail.com" target="_blank">dch.tai@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hello all<br>
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I was hoping to email on Sunday night or Monday, but got caught up
reviewing the code for remastersys...
<a href="https://github.com/taikedz/remastersys" target="_blank">https://github.com/taikedz/remastersys</a><br>
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I have managed to put together what I believe will be able to be a
workflow that will allow even teachers themselves to make their own
customized ISO images in the future :-)<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>Thanks very much for this work! <br></div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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I have prepped a final demo CD with some relevant customizations; I
will seed this over bittorrent for demo if anyone is interested, or
just share some screenshots?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I will pull it down tomorrow morning Pacific time, and see if I can boot my machine from it. Thanks! <br></div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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So if this customization workflow is acceptable, only two more items
need to be addressed:<br>
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1/ preseed file for making the install unattended (my customization
method still requires initial input from user, but after that
everything comes pre-installed)<br>
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The main question is about /how to find out/ what the options are we
are actually looking for...<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I am not sure what you mean by "options". Are you referring to the apps that the users will use? Those apps are listed in the sandbox google doc.<br></div><span class=""><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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My next intention is, if we can't set up a PXE server from scratch,
to make a home-grown solution. I'm thinking of remastering a CD to
contain a script that'll auto-partition, mkfs and mount /dev/sda,
then just rsync over the network...<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I don't understand what you just said. All I know is that James Howard made us a CD that would just cause the client to download a full and completely customized distro over the network. If I understand you correctly, that is where you are getting stuck? <br><br></div><div>Thanks again for everything, Tai! <br></div></div></div></div>
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