Creation/deployment of a model of linux

Hi guys,.

Can you point me to a reference on how properly create/deploy a model of operating system based on linux? For windows, I created a basic OS and then converted/cloned it to a model. Regarding deployment, I placed the sysprep.exe on the appropriate on the VCS directory and then I can customize everything new deployments (host name, admin password, etc.) by using the created model. Is there a similar way of doing things for linux templates?

Thank you.

For the supported Linux distributions, you can customize the virtual machine (ex during cloning) or model (ex during deployment).

"Customization" tools are included in VC.

So tryied it with work also with derivation of RedHat (CentOS, Mandriva,...) and it works.

Andrea

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