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Install Linux in 4 Minutes

Posted by Hemos on from the wham-bam-thank-ya-mam dept.

Bill Clarke wrote to us about WholeLinux system they unveiled at LinuxWorld. From a "cheap" CD-ROM even, they can install Red Hat Linux in 4 minutes, plus another 2 for things like Apache, Sendmail etc. Heh-run around with one of these things at your office/school. See how long it takes for the NT people to reinstall. *grin*

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  1. NT reinstall times. by Shoeboy · · Score: 5

    See how long it takes for the NT people to reinstall. *grin*
    Less time than you'd think. I admin NT for a living and we have a super quick method of getting NT onto any system.

    1. Chalk out a inverse pentagram inside a circle on the floor.
    2. Place a lit candle at each point of the pentagram.
    3. Place the computer in question in the center of the pentagram with the case off.
    4. Chant "Yog Sothoth Neblod Zin." while sprinkling the blood of a freshly slain rooster on the motherboard.

    This works in under 5 minutes for intel hardware. I once managed to get NT onto a VAX 780 this way as well, but it took a few hours.

    --Shoeboy