On 10/01/2021 19:01, Frank Winkler wrote:
> On 10.01.21 19:32, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>
>   >No difference really from installing a direct Debian download on most
>   >systems
>
> I like this Raspbian approach with a generic pre-configuration and I'd
> appreciate to see this on other Pi systems, too. They could integrate an
> option for the ssh flag file into the Raspberry imager.
>
Nothing stops you from  taking the card out of a running PI and dding it
to a file...and then  cloning it endlessly.


> Or maybe I'll take some time and play with a scripted setup of the SD
> card. Something like a poor man's Solaris JumpStart ;) ...
>
comes to nearly the same thing. Since Raspian has a preconfigured user,
all you need for an Ethernet Pi is IP address setup and ssh enabled.

If its wifi, then you need SSID and passkey as well.

Once you have ssh access setting up a better user, negotiating proper
ssh keys, making sure date, time and locale are all configured  - is not
hard

You could probably hack a fedora image to do that as well. Almost
certainly, the 'first time boot setup' is some sort of script that could
be disabled

And having done that and booted it once, you could clone the setup for
next time...




> TIA
>
>      fw


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