On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 09:31:09PM -0500, Jon Stanley wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Brian C. Lane <bcl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The wait is over. I think this stuff is now in good enough shape for > > others to start using it and providing feedback. The README.livemedia-creator > > file attempts to document things, or failing that, read the source :) > > Sorry for not seeing this until Will's message today, I just realized > I'm replying to stale mail - oh well :) > > We have desires to use this at $DAYJOB for doing many things, and I'd > like to know if it's in good enough shape to even POC right now. It should be. I just did the first lorax build to include it (17.1-1) take a look at the README.livemedia-creator file for instructions. > > First, we want to do as the name suggests, and create a RHEL6 > livemedia distro. This is quite obviously unsupported, but the need > (for various use cases) is real - and in reality, if it blows up. it's > a live distro, so it doesn't matter :). What I'm specifically > wondering is if this requires specific hooks into anaconda, or if it > will work with the anaconda in RHEL6 (we'd probably be looking at 6.2 > at this point). If it won't work today, what are the chances of > getting the plumbing into 6.3 (or 6.4 for that matter) or is it too > invasive? From reading the README.livemedia-creator, it doesn't look > like anything special is required of anaconda - if I'm reading this > correctly, it boots whatever anaconda you give it in --iso and runs it > in KVM. > > We have a few other use cases relating to internal cloud, but I'd > rather not discuss them on a public list :) I haven't tried it with RHEL6 yet. It will probably work, it depends on a couple of features -- the ability to inject the kickstart file into the initrd and on the logging system code that works with a virtual serial port. The virtio logging was added after rhel6 so that will cause problems with detecting errors during install. Other than that, it is a straight kickstart install. lorax then takes over and converts the disk image to something you can boot an iso from. > > But we'll certainly be kicking the tires on the livemedia part pretty > quick - it looks awesome! Thanks! I look forward to getting feedback from you. -- Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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