14.3. Create a Boot Disk for a (semi-)Automated Installation

This tool allows a system administrator to replicate an installation on many machines while not having to reconfigure all steps by hands for each machine.

Figure 14-4. Choosing the steps to replay or not

After a warning screen about what we are going to do, we get a list of most steps of the installation. To each step is associated a two entries menu choice:

When you have made your choice for each installation step, click the OK button. You will be asked to insert a blank floppy disk (all data will be erased).

After clicking OK again, the boot floppy disk will be created with the following characteristics:

Then all you have to do is insert the resulting floppy in the machine you want to replicate the installation on, turn it on, and configure the few remaining manual steps, saving you a lot of time.


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