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From the manufacturer we receive devices that have the Ubuntu 16.04 os installed on them. They are not set up, they come exactly as you would expect a consumer version to look. It asks for your region, keyboard layout, wifi connection info, etc.
How would I go about overriding this and just have a script run to set all this up preferably from a usb that would be plugged in before first boot from the manufacturer?
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It appears as if there is more information that I can provide. These devices are only pc sticks. they do not have an ethernet port. They do have a usb port.
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From the manufacturer we receive devices that have the Ubuntu 16.04 os installed on them. They are not set up, they come exactly as you would expect a consumer version to look. It asks for your region, keyboard layout, wifi connection info, etc.
How would I go about overriding this and just have a script run to set all this up preferably from a usb that would be plugged in before first boot from the manufacturer?
Edit
It appears as if there is more information that I can provide. These devices are only pc sticks. they do not have an ethernet port. They do have a usb port.
ubuntu system-installation
asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
1033
closed as unclear what you're asking by Rui F Ribeiro, Isaac, Kiwy, Archemar, Christopher Apr 11 at 14:11
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
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@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05
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From the manufacturer we receive devices that have the Ubuntu 16.04 os installed on them. They are not set up, they come exactly as you would expect a consumer version to look. It asks for your region, keyboard layout, wifi connection info, etc.
How would I go about overriding this and just have a script run to set all this up preferably from a usb that would be plugged in before first boot from the manufacturer?
Edit
It appears as if there is more information that I can provide. These devices are only pc sticks. they do not have an ethernet port. They do have a usb port.
ubuntu system-installation
asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
1033
From the manufacturer we receive devices that have the Ubuntu 16.04 os installed on them. They are not set up, they come exactly as you would expect a consumer version to look. It asks for your region, keyboard layout, wifi connection info, etc.
How would I go about overriding this and just have a script run to set all this up preferably from a usb that would be plugged in before first boot from the manufacturer?
Edit
It appears as if there is more information that I can provide. These devices are only pc sticks. they do not have an ethernet port. They do have a usb port.
ubuntu system-installation
asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
1033
edited Apr 11 at 16:26
asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
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asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
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asked Apr 10 at 20:23
christopher clark
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Rui F Ribeiro, Isaac, Kiwy, Archemar, Christopher Apr 11 at 14:11
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You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
1
@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05
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You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
1
@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05
2
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You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
1
1
@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05
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Issue at Hand
The scope of your issue is that you receive computers from the manufacturer with an Operating System that is not set up yet. You wish to speed up the process of setting up these computers to reduce the time in which it takes to deploy them to an end user. You would also like to automate this task as you most likely have many machines in which you need to do this for.
I highly suggest that you consider acquiring the infrastructure for an imaging system to mass deploy a custom ready-to-go Operating System to your machines via the network. Clonezilla is a free and open source solution that can be used as a live boot or server to back up, clone, and image devices. They even have a step-by-step guide on how to create an imaging server to do mass deployments. This option will involve you purchasing alternative devices such as more traditional desktops, laptops, or other kinds of devices which do have Ethernet ports as well as additional networking devices such as switches and routers. At this time, as far as I know, only Apple has a proprietary solution for Wireless Network Booting. But to work with what you have here is a possible solution.
Possible Solution
Since you clarified that your issue involves PC sticks that lack Ethernet ports to connect many devices over the network to your imaging server you can always create several flash drives with Clonezilla and a copy of the "golden image" to simply plug in, boot up, and image the computer. Here is a link to the Clonezilla Documentation on doing this.
To do this you will need flash drives formatted with the Clonezilla live boot and a data partition that is large enough for your "Golden Image" that you will use Clonezilla to create. If you have a Windows Computer, YUMI is an excellent tool to easily create the Clonezilla Live USB with a Data partition. However standard dd if=/Path/To/Clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX where X is your flash drive and you then format a data partition for the remaining space afterwards works as well. Afterwards, clone your "Golden Image" following this guide and then deploy your image to the next machine following this guide
Conclusion
Again, I highly suggest an imaging solution. Everywhere that I have worked has used some kind of imaging solution to be able to mass deploy new computers. You can create images based on different departments or kinds of users so it has the exact software needed and is ready to go for them. The specifics of what you need are up to you alone so take some time and try to research a solution that works best for you.
I am including the Ubuntu Wiki page on how to create a custom Ubuntu installation if you are set on using Ubuntu. It is a long process but you only need to do it once to be able to replicate it to many machines. People have reported issues with gpg keys so i am also including a link to a post that could fix that specific issue.
As always, if there are any misconceptions or issues with my answer please comment, I appreciate corrections to my mistakes. Best of Luck!
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
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Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps forOne image to multiple disksMy disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those11steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
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1 Answer
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oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Issue at Hand
The scope of your issue is that you receive computers from the manufacturer with an Operating System that is not set up yet. You wish to speed up the process of setting up these computers to reduce the time in which it takes to deploy them to an end user. You would also like to automate this task as you most likely have many machines in which you need to do this for.
I highly suggest that you consider acquiring the infrastructure for an imaging system to mass deploy a custom ready-to-go Operating System to your machines via the network. Clonezilla is a free and open source solution that can be used as a live boot or server to back up, clone, and image devices. They even have a step-by-step guide on how to create an imaging server to do mass deployments. This option will involve you purchasing alternative devices such as more traditional desktops, laptops, or other kinds of devices which do have Ethernet ports as well as additional networking devices such as switches and routers. At this time, as far as I know, only Apple has a proprietary solution for Wireless Network Booting. But to work with what you have here is a possible solution.
Possible Solution
Since you clarified that your issue involves PC sticks that lack Ethernet ports to connect many devices over the network to your imaging server you can always create several flash drives with Clonezilla and a copy of the "golden image" to simply plug in, boot up, and image the computer. Here is a link to the Clonezilla Documentation on doing this.
To do this you will need flash drives formatted with the Clonezilla live boot and a data partition that is large enough for your "Golden Image" that you will use Clonezilla to create. If you have a Windows Computer, YUMI is an excellent tool to easily create the Clonezilla Live USB with a Data partition. However standard dd if=/Path/To/Clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX where X is your flash drive and you then format a data partition for the remaining space afterwards works as well. Afterwards, clone your "Golden Image" following this guide and then deploy your image to the next machine following this guide
Conclusion
Again, I highly suggest an imaging solution. Everywhere that I have worked has used some kind of imaging solution to be able to mass deploy new computers. You can create images based on different departments or kinds of users so it has the exact software needed and is ready to go for them. The specifics of what you need are up to you alone so take some time and try to research a solution that works best for you.
I am including the Ubuntu Wiki page on how to create a custom Ubuntu installation if you are set on using Ubuntu. It is a long process but you only need to do it once to be able to replicate it to many machines. People have reported issues with gpg keys so i am also including a link to a post that could fix that specific issue.
As always, if there are any misconceptions or issues with my answer please comment, I appreciate corrections to my mistakes. Best of Luck!
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps forOne image to multiple disksMy disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those11steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Issue at Hand
The scope of your issue is that you receive computers from the manufacturer with an Operating System that is not set up yet. You wish to speed up the process of setting up these computers to reduce the time in which it takes to deploy them to an end user. You would also like to automate this task as you most likely have many machines in which you need to do this for.
I highly suggest that you consider acquiring the infrastructure for an imaging system to mass deploy a custom ready-to-go Operating System to your machines via the network. Clonezilla is a free and open source solution that can be used as a live boot or server to back up, clone, and image devices. They even have a step-by-step guide on how to create an imaging server to do mass deployments. This option will involve you purchasing alternative devices such as more traditional desktops, laptops, or other kinds of devices which do have Ethernet ports as well as additional networking devices such as switches and routers. At this time, as far as I know, only Apple has a proprietary solution for Wireless Network Booting. But to work with what you have here is a possible solution.
Possible Solution
Since you clarified that your issue involves PC sticks that lack Ethernet ports to connect many devices over the network to your imaging server you can always create several flash drives with Clonezilla and a copy of the "golden image" to simply plug in, boot up, and image the computer. Here is a link to the Clonezilla Documentation on doing this.
To do this you will need flash drives formatted with the Clonezilla live boot and a data partition that is large enough for your "Golden Image" that you will use Clonezilla to create. If you have a Windows Computer, YUMI is an excellent tool to easily create the Clonezilla Live USB with a Data partition. However standard dd if=/Path/To/Clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX where X is your flash drive and you then format a data partition for the remaining space afterwards works as well. Afterwards, clone your "Golden Image" following this guide and then deploy your image to the next machine following this guide
Conclusion
Again, I highly suggest an imaging solution. Everywhere that I have worked has used some kind of imaging solution to be able to mass deploy new computers. You can create images based on different departments or kinds of users so it has the exact software needed and is ready to go for them. The specifics of what you need are up to you alone so take some time and try to research a solution that works best for you.
I am including the Ubuntu Wiki page on how to create a custom Ubuntu installation if you are set on using Ubuntu. It is a long process but you only need to do it once to be able to replicate it to many machines. People have reported issues with gpg keys so i am also including a link to a post that could fix that specific issue.
As always, if there are any misconceptions or issues with my answer please comment, I appreciate corrections to my mistakes. Best of Luck!
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps forOne image to multiple disksMy disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those11steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
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up vote
3
down vote
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Issue at Hand
The scope of your issue is that you receive computers from the manufacturer with an Operating System that is not set up yet. You wish to speed up the process of setting up these computers to reduce the time in which it takes to deploy them to an end user. You would also like to automate this task as you most likely have many machines in which you need to do this for.
I highly suggest that you consider acquiring the infrastructure for an imaging system to mass deploy a custom ready-to-go Operating System to your machines via the network. Clonezilla is a free and open source solution that can be used as a live boot or server to back up, clone, and image devices. They even have a step-by-step guide on how to create an imaging server to do mass deployments. This option will involve you purchasing alternative devices such as more traditional desktops, laptops, or other kinds of devices which do have Ethernet ports as well as additional networking devices such as switches and routers. At this time, as far as I know, only Apple has a proprietary solution for Wireless Network Booting. But to work with what you have here is a possible solution.
Possible Solution
Since you clarified that your issue involves PC sticks that lack Ethernet ports to connect many devices over the network to your imaging server you can always create several flash drives with Clonezilla and a copy of the "golden image" to simply plug in, boot up, and image the computer. Here is a link to the Clonezilla Documentation on doing this.
To do this you will need flash drives formatted with the Clonezilla live boot and a data partition that is large enough for your "Golden Image" that you will use Clonezilla to create. If you have a Windows Computer, YUMI is an excellent tool to easily create the Clonezilla Live USB with a Data partition. However standard dd if=/Path/To/Clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX where X is your flash drive and you then format a data partition for the remaining space afterwards works as well. Afterwards, clone your "Golden Image" following this guide and then deploy your image to the next machine following this guide
Conclusion
Again, I highly suggest an imaging solution. Everywhere that I have worked has used some kind of imaging solution to be able to mass deploy new computers. You can create images based on different departments or kinds of users so it has the exact software needed and is ready to go for them. The specifics of what you need are up to you alone so take some time and try to research a solution that works best for you.
I am including the Ubuntu Wiki page on how to create a custom Ubuntu installation if you are set on using Ubuntu. It is a long process but you only need to do it once to be able to replicate it to many machines. People have reported issues with gpg keys so i am also including a link to a post that could fix that specific issue.
As always, if there are any misconceptions or issues with my answer please comment, I appreciate corrections to my mistakes. Best of Luck!
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
Issue at Hand
The scope of your issue is that you receive computers from the manufacturer with an Operating System that is not set up yet. You wish to speed up the process of setting up these computers to reduce the time in which it takes to deploy them to an end user. You would also like to automate this task as you most likely have many machines in which you need to do this for.
I highly suggest that you consider acquiring the infrastructure for an imaging system to mass deploy a custom ready-to-go Operating System to your machines via the network. Clonezilla is a free and open source solution that can be used as a live boot or server to back up, clone, and image devices. They even have a step-by-step guide on how to create an imaging server to do mass deployments. This option will involve you purchasing alternative devices such as more traditional desktops, laptops, or other kinds of devices which do have Ethernet ports as well as additional networking devices such as switches and routers. At this time, as far as I know, only Apple has a proprietary solution for Wireless Network Booting. But to work with what you have here is a possible solution.
Possible Solution
Since you clarified that your issue involves PC sticks that lack Ethernet ports to connect many devices over the network to your imaging server you can always create several flash drives with Clonezilla and a copy of the "golden image" to simply plug in, boot up, and image the computer. Here is a link to the Clonezilla Documentation on doing this.
To do this you will need flash drives formatted with the Clonezilla live boot and a data partition that is large enough for your "Golden Image" that you will use Clonezilla to create. If you have a Windows Computer, YUMI is an excellent tool to easily create the Clonezilla Live USB with a Data partition. However standard dd if=/Path/To/Clonezilla.iso of=/dev/sdX where X is your flash drive and you then format a data partition for the remaining space afterwards works as well. Afterwards, clone your "Golden Image" following this guide and then deploy your image to the next machine following this guide
Conclusion
Again, I highly suggest an imaging solution. Everywhere that I have worked has used some kind of imaging solution to be able to mass deploy new computers. You can create images based on different departments or kinds of users so it has the exact software needed and is ready to go for them. The specifics of what you need are up to you alone so take some time and try to research a solution that works best for you.
I am including the Ubuntu Wiki page on how to create a custom Ubuntu installation if you are set on using Ubuntu. It is a long process but you only need to do it once to be able to replicate it to many machines. People have reported issues with gpg keys so i am also including a link to a post that could fix that specific issue.
As always, if there are any misconceptions or issues with my answer please comment, I appreciate corrections to my mistakes. Best of Luck!
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
edited Apr 11 at 22:35
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
answered Apr 11 at 3:41
kemotep
1,0821516
1,0821516
Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps forOne image to multiple disksMy disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those11steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
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Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps forOne image to multiple disksMy disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those11steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
Upvoted as promised!
– Fabby
Apr 11 at 21:04
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
@kemotep I can't even figure out what option to choose. on the help docs. There are like 80 of them.
– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:11
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps for
One image to multiple disks My disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those 11 steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
If I'm understanding this right. I do Step 2 USB Part here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php. Then I follow the steps for
One image to multiple disks My disks being the USB flash Drive. Found here. clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live-doc.php. Then once I do those 11 steps I'll have several usb's that will actually INSTALL the cloned copy of OS including all repository installs, all environment variables, all user settings to the target device?– christopher clark
Apr 12 at 22:20
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@kemotep I'm sorry could you confirm the above steps are correct?
– christopher clark
Apr 16 at 20:01
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
@christopherclark, okay so from what I understand is that you will create your "golden image" operating system, so install all of the applications, configure settings, set up drivers, etc. Then, create a Clonezilla Live Boot flash drive by downloading the iso and writing it to a flash drive. Make sure it is a large enough flash drive to store both the live boot and a data partition that will be large enough to hold your golden image. At this point follow this guide step by step it will guide you.
– kemotep
Apr 17 at 13:15
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You could look into an imaging solution using something like clonezilla. Create the perfect set up of whatever operating system you want and clone it to however many machines or use pxe boot to install an operating system onto many computers at once.
– kemotep
Apr 10 at 20:27
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@kemotep That qualifies as an answer to me... Ping me after you've posted one and I'll come back and upvote!
– Fabby
Apr 10 at 20:43
@Fabby, I submitted an answer. Feel free to make any edits if you think the post could be improved.
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 3:43
@kemotep I provided more detail. I see now how this was more pertinent.
– christopher clark
Apr 11 at 16:26
@christopherclark, I am not familiar with what a PC stick is. When you say they have a USB port can you plug a flash drive into them? I can update my post to have more relevant instructions towards USB cloning. You issue is going to be that to do many at once you will need many flash drives and will have to still complete some steps manually for each individual computer. Ask yourself, is it worth it to learn how to image the computers in this manner or will it be faster to complete the process you are originally doing?
– kemotep
Apr 11 at 17:05