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# Line 4  This is FAI (Fully Automatic Installatio Line 4  This is FAI (Fully Automatic Installatio
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5  FAI is a non interactive system to install a Debian GNU/Linux  FAI is a non interactive system to install a Debian GNU/Linux
6  operating system on a PC cluster. You can take one or more virgin PCs,  operating system on a PC cluster. You can take one or more virgin PCs,
7  turn on the power and after a few minutes Linux is installed,  turn on the power, and after a few minutes, Linux is installed,
8  configured and running on the whole cluster, without any interaction  configured, and running on the whole cluster, without any interaction
9  necessary. Thus it's a scalable method for installing and updating a  necessary. Thus it's a scalable method for installing and updating a
10  cluster unattended with little effort involved. FAI uses the Debian  Beowulf cluster or a network of workstations unattended with little
11  distribution and a collection of shell- and Perl-scripts for the  effort involved. FAI uses the Debian distribution and a collection of
12  installation process. Changes to the configuration files of the  shell and Perl scripts for the installation process. Changes to the
13  operating system are made by cfengine, shell and Perl scripts.  configuration files of the operating system are made by cfengine,
14    shell and Perl scripts.
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16  The home page for FAI is  The home page for FAI is
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18          http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/          http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/
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20    This release of FAI is tested with the Debian 4.0 release (called etch).
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22  FAI is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General  FAI is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General
23  Public License, version 2. For more information, see the file  Public License, version 2. For more information, see the file
24  COPYING. There is no warranty, expressed or implied, associated with  COPYING. There is no warranty, expressed or implied, associated with
# Line 25  enhancements etc. are welcome. Send them Line 28  enhancements etc. are welcome. Send them
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29          fai@informatik.uni-koeln.de          fai@informatik.uni-koeln.de
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31  There's also a mailling list for FAI available. To subscribe to the  Please fill out the questionnaire if you finished a projekt using
32  mailling list, send a mail to majordomo@uni-koeln.de and put the  FAI. I'm looking for short success stories or reports, so new users
33    can see how others are using FAI in several types of environment.
34    There's also a mailing list for FAI available. To subscribe to the
35    mailing list, send a mail to majordomo@uni-koeln.de and put the
36  command 'subscribe linux-fai' in the body of the mail. Send  command 'subscribe linux-fai' in the body of the mail. Send
37  contributions to the list to linux-fai@uni-koeln.de. Mails may be  contributions to the list to linux-fai@uni-koeln.de. Mails may be
38  written in english or german. You can access the archive of the  written in english or german. Please send short reports, if you
39  mailling list at  installed a cluster or some host using fai.
   
 http://www.uni-koeln.de/bin2/maillist/all  
   
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41  now enjoy FAI and your saved time  now enjoy FAI and your saved time
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53  Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Thomas Lange. All rights reserved.  Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Thomas Lange. All rights reserved.
   
   
 Credits(alphabetically)  
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 Mattias Gaertner        gaertner@informatik.uni-koeln.de  
 Thomas Gebhardt         gebhardt@hrz.uni-marburg.de  
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