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This is FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) for Linux |
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FAIVERSIONSTRING |
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FAI is a non interactive system to install a Debian GNU/Linux |
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operating system on a PC cluster. You can take one or more virgin PCs, |
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turn on the power, and after a few minutes, Linux is installed, |
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configured, and running on the whole cluster, without any interaction |
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necessary. Thus it's a scalable method for installing and updating a |
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Beowulf cluster or a network of workstations unattended with little |
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effort involved. FAI uses the Debian distribution and a collection of |
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shell and Perl scripts for the installation process. Changes to the |
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configuration files of the operating system are made by cfengine, |
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shell and Perl scripts. |
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The home page for FAI is |
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http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ |
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This release of FAI is tested with the Debian 4.0 release (called etch). |
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FAI is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General |
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Public License, version 2. For more information, see the file |
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COPYING. There is no warranty, expressed or implied, associated with |
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this product. Use at your own risk. Please read the file changelog for |
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changes in new versions of FAI. Comments, bug reports, fixes, |
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enhancements etc. are welcome. Send them to |
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fai@informatik.uni-koeln.de |
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Please fill out the questionnaire if you finished a project using |
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FAI. I'm looking for short success stories or reports, so new users |
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can see how others are using FAI in several types of environment. |
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There's also a mailing list for FAI available. To subscribe to the |
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mailing list, send a mail to majordomo@uni-koeln.de and put the |
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command 'subscribe linux-fai' in the body of the mail. Send |
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contributions to the list to linux-fai@uni-koeln.de. Mails may be |
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written in english or german. Please send short reports, if you |
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installed a cluster or some host using fai. |
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now enjoy FAI and your saved time |
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Thomas Lange |
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Institut fuer Informatik mailto:lange@informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE |
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Universitaet zu Koeln |
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Pohligstr. 1 Telefon: +49 221 470 5303 |
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50969 Koeln Fax : +49 221 470 5317 |
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