Custom Distro

[Jon maddog Hall]

Josh,

jabra at ccs.neu.edu said:
> originally built our systems using FAI and Radmind. We used FAI to bootstrap the
>  system and then Radmind to install the base of our system. FAI was a
>  horrible thing to maintain because of the changes that needed to be
>  made in updating for each new kernel version and the lack of good
>  documentation by Thomas Lang.

Like a lot of other FOSS software, FAI seems to be changing at a rapid pace.
I go to their web site and see a 70 page installation tailoring guide, which
is about 69 pages more documentation than most FOSS software has.*  There is
also a Wiki and IRC channel.

How long ago did you use it?

md
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