Definitely need to look over this, this is only partially correct

Preparation

• First get list of packages to install from an existing client with: dpkg --get-selections > packagesfile

• Then get the standard configuration of the packages with: debconf-get-selections > configfile

• Copy both files to the new system if possible

Installation

• Install a standard installation of GNU/Debian from a Netinst-CD

• Edit the entries of /etc/apt/sources.list to your convenience

• Run apt-get update

• Enter the configuration with debconf-set-selections configfile

• Set the selection of packages with dpkg --set-selections < packagesfile

• Install the selection with apt-get dselect-upgrade

Post-Installation

• Make a link to perl in /usr/local/bin for the CVS

• Fix all the ldap stuff by copying from an existing client:

  • /etc/*ldap*

  • /etc/*pam*

  • /etc/nsswitch.conf

  • Make sure the bind_policy is set to soft in /etc/libnss_ldap.conf in order to avoid boot hang up due to udev not reaching the LDAP server

• Fix /etc/fstab with the NFS entries

• Fix /etc/auto.share on all clients according to the new share

• Copy /etc/auto.master from an existing client an restart autofs

• Copy /etc/exports from an existing client and restart the nfs-kernel-server

• Change the gids of video, audio and plugdev in /etc/groups to 1043, so they are similiar to the workstationusers group in LDAP (semi-dirty hack)