For installing on multiple computers it's possible to do fully
automatic installations. Debian packages intended for this include
fai-quickstart
, which can use an install server
(have a look at the
FAI home page for detailed
information) and the Debian Installer itself.
The FAI project also provides
a web service
for creating customized unattended installation ISO images with only a
few clicks. You can choose the desktop environment, the language, the
release, set the password and add your own list of additional
packages. After a few minutes your can download and boot the image,
that will do the fully automatic installation without any interaction
needed. Some more advanced settings are available for Linux experts.
The Debian Installer supports automating installs via preconfiguration files. A preconfiguration file can be loaded from the network or from removable media, and used to fill in answers to questions asked during the installation process.
Full documentation on preseeding including a working example that you can edit is in Appendix B, Automating the installation using preseeding.