FAI CD: The Easy Way to Start With FAI
The default image. Includes all packages for the Debian XFCE and GNOME desktop but only the basefiles for Rocky Linux 10, Alma Linux 10, Ubuntu 24.04 and Linux Mint 22.2. The remaining packages will be fetch via network.
Includes packages for a stripped down XFCE desktop (without libreoffice). Other packages and basefiles are downloaded from the internet.
This image only installs Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. You can select a desktop or a server installation. All packages are included.
This image only installs Linux Mint 22.1. All packages are included on the ISO.
Boot only image which autodiscovers the FAI server.
All installation images use Debian 13 aka trixie, FAI 6.4.3, kernel 6.12, amd64 architecture, sha256sum.asc of the ISO's. They can boot from CD/DVD or USB stick with legacy BIOS or UEFI.
If none of the ISOs fit your needs, use the FAI.ME build service. This also supports Debian 12 and 13 with a backports kernel.
FAI on a USB stick
You can write the ISO image onto a USB stick using the command dd(1) and replace /dev/sdX with the name of your USB device (e.g. /dev/sdf):
dd if=faicd64-large_6.4.3.iso of=/dev/sdx
Short description for the FAI CD images
- done These installation images can install Debian 13 (XFCE and GNOME), Ubuntu 22.04 and Rocky Linux 10, without the need of an install server
- done User/Password: demo/fai
- done No network is needed and you can install the whole system from the installation media.
- done You can set up your own FAI install server using this installation media.
- done You can select from a simple menu which distribution to install
- done After the installation the account demo with the password fai is available.
- done The root password is also fai.
- done The system will be installed to the first disk. All data on the disk will be deleted.
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done All log files from the installation can be found in
/var/log/fai/localhost/last/ - done Look at the fai-cd slideshow! Showing a complete installation from CD
Live ISO
Debian 12 Live ISO created by FAIme using a backports kernel, documentation
FAI CD for ARM64
FAI ISO small for arm64, FAI 6.2.5, kernel 6.11.10+bpo-arm64-16k from bookworm/backports