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On 26/02/18 16:13, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 26/02/18 15:16, mr meowski wrote: >> On 26/02/18 09:06, aaron moore wrote: >>> Hi Lug >>> Well, I am now the proud owner of 5 reconditioned Dell lap tops and >>> intend to dual boot them with Ubuntu. Am I right in thinking that if I >>> work up a persistent usb start up thumb drive and load it with all my >>> favourite softwares i will then be able to install Ubuntu plus >>> favourites in one go? Any advice on this gratefully received. >>> Kind rgards >> Cool, what did you get in the end? >> >> What exactly are you trying to accomplish here though - an automated >> installation (you want kickstart for that), a pre-built customised image >> with an answer file (you want pre-seed for that) or 100% identical >> software+configs dumped onto every machine (you want to clone a small >> finished image to each machine for that, and then adjust the partitions >> to fit afterwards)? >> >> Or as you're setting up a mini lab/classroom sort of scenario do you >> want to get the laptops all setup perfectly as "class laptops #1 through >> #5" and then lock 'em down so you can restore them to exactly the same >> state after every session? (you'll want a client/server architecture for >> that, probably with a boot server and NFS mounts). There are equivalents >> to the Windows "deepfreeze" management software to lock down and manage >> Linux systems so naughty little users can't muck anything up too much. >> >> The one thing I'm reasonably sure of is that your Dells have come with >> OEM Windows licenses/software on them that you understandably don't want >> to wipe and lose but you'd prefer them to run Ubuntu. Obviously you >> don't fancy doing the same near-identical manual install on all 5 of >> them one after the other either, hence automation time. >> >> Explain exactly what your end goal is and everything will be much clearer... >> >> Cheers > +1 > > > Do you want to Dual Boot them? (Original reconditioned Windows and a Linux OS?) or Just wipe and install windows. If the later make a recover DVD (or system image) so you can sell them on with Windows to someone who wants Windows when you are finished with them. -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq