• Index
• Introduction
• Jumpstart Server
• Installation
• Installation (2)
• Directory Layout
• Guidelines
• Boot Server
• sysidcfg
• Client Overview
• rules
• rules (2)
• Custom Profile
• Custom Scripts
• Adding a Client
• Adding a Client (2)
• Booting the Client
• Conclusion
• Additional Resources

Pros

• Unattended installation

• Configurable

• Scales with network size

Cons

• pkgadd is slow.

• patchadd is even slower.

One solution is to create a single "golden" installation and install this on machines via the begin/finish scripts.

One tool for doing this is called clone, developed by Hal Pomeranz. It works basically by eliminating the profile for a host from the rules file.

	hostname rattler.cs.duke.edu       \
	scripts/clone     -	scripts/clone_finish

The clone script is then responsible for copying the "golden" image onto the client machine.

I've never used it personally, but thought it was worth a mention.