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[Joshua D. Abraham]

Maddog,

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 04:21:33PM -0500, Jon maddog Hall wrote:
> 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?

We started using it when I was a freshman here at Northeastern. Which
was back in 2004 which was when we originally setup the FAI piece of
the installation.

--Josh
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