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FAI
FAI installs a Debian GNU/Linux operating system on a PC cluster. You take one or more virgin PCs, turn on the power, and the program installs, configures and runs GNU/Linux on the whole cluster without any interaction necessary.
FAI uses the Debian distribution and a collection of shell- and Perl-scripts for the installation process. Cfengine, shell, and Perl scripts make changes to the configuration files of the operating system. Using FAI, a fully automatic installation of a GNU/Linux cluster which consists of 16 dual Pentium PC's was performed.
FAI's target group are system administrators who must install Debian onto one or even hundreds of computers. Because it's a general purpose installation tool, it can be used for installing a beowulf cluster, a rendering farm or a GNU/Linux laboratory or a classroom. Also, large-scale linux networks with different hardware and different installation requirements are easy to establish using FAI.
Last updated 2 Mar, 2009
About
Leadership
- Thomas Lange - Maintainer
Requirements
- Perl (Use Requirement)
- cfengine (Use Requirement)
- Debian distribution (Use Requirement)
Subprograms
fai-kernels
Versions
3.2.14
- Released: 2 Mar, 2009
- Code Maturity: Stable
- Source Archive: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?gr...
- Licenses: GPLv2
- Interfaces: Console
2.4.1
2.4.1 stable released 2003-04-02
- Released: 2 Apr, 2003
- Code Maturity: Stable
- Source Archive: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fai/fai_2.4....
- Licenses: GPLv2
- Interfaces: Console
User Community and Support
User guide available in ASCII, HTML, PDF, and PostScript formats from http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ See also http://faiwiki.informatik.uni-koeln.de/