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02-03-2009

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How to install a new system from a usb key

Hi everybody,
I have several computers that are configured to install when I plug them on the network. The hard drive come's empty, but I think they have a parameter in the BIOS that allow the machines to install from the network.
My problem is that in most cases, available bw is weak and installation takes hours. I still have a dozen of computers to prepare and I would like to do the installations from a USB key.
I know very few about the system. Just that there's a server XPE somewhere that distributes an image of the system. But I could get a copy of that image. It's a file called system.tgz. If I unpack it, I just get the standard tree arborescence of a linux system :
./bin
./etc
./home
./root
./usr
...

My questions are:
1) Can I just use system.tgz on a USB key?
2) Do I need to get more file?
3) What do I have to configure?

Thanks for your help.
Santiago

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GRUB-INSTALL(8) 							FSF							   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME

       grub-install - install GRUB on your drive

SYNOPSIS

       grub-install [OPTION] install_device

DESCRIPTION

       Install GRUB on your drive.

       -h, --help
	      print this message and exit

       -v, --version
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       --root-directory=DIR
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       --grub-shell=FILE
	      use FILE as the grub shell

       --no-floppy
	      do not probe any floppy drive

       --force-lba
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       --recheck
	      probe a device map even if it already exists

       INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

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REPORTING BUGS

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SEE ALSO

       grub(8), update-grub(8).

       The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package.  If  the  info  and  grub-install
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