From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@xxxxxxxxxx> --- README.livemedia-creator | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- docs/fedora-livemedia.ks | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.livemedia-creator b/README.livemedia-creator index efbce9c..630f639 100644 --- a/README.livemedia-creator +++ b/README.livemedia-creator @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ the repo each time you run it. To speed things up you either need a local mirror of the packages, or you can use a caching proxy. When using a proxy you pass it to livemedia-creator like so: ---kernel-args="proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com:3128"; +--proxy=http://proxy.yourdomain.com:3128 You also need to use a specific mirror instead of mirrormanager so that the -packages will get cached: +packages will get cached, so your kickstart url would look like: -url --url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/development/16/x86_64/os/"; +url --url="http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/"; You can also add an update repo, but don't name it updates. Add --proxy to it as well. @@ -154,6 +154,21 @@ Example cmdline: sudo livemedia-creator --make-iso --no-virt --ks=./fedora-livemedia.ks +AMI IMAGES +---------- +Amazon EC2 images can be created by using the --make-ami switch and an appropriate +kickstart file. All of the work to customize the image is handled by the kickstart. +The example currently included was modified from the cloud-kickstarts version so +that it would work with livemedia-creator. + +Example cmdline: +sudo livemedia-creator --make-ami --iso=/path/to/boot.iso --ks=./docs/fedora-livemedia-ec2.ks + +This will produce an ami-root.img file in the working directory. + +At this time I have not tested the image with EC2. Feedback would we welcome. + + DEBUGGING PROBLEMS ------------------ Cleaning up an aborted (ctrl-c) virt-install run (as root): @@ -177,8 +192,8 @@ the anaconda-cleanup script. THE FUTURE ---------- -The current release only supports creating live iso's. In the future -I want it to be able to create ami images as well as appliance images. +The current release supports creating live iso's and ami images. In the future +I also want it to be able to create appliance images. It is also limited to x86 architectures because of it's use of virt-install. I hope to be able to support other arches by using Anaconda's image install diff --git a/docs/fedora-livemedia.ks b/docs/fedora-livemedia.ks index 667b560..752e840 100644 --- a/docs/fedora-livemedia.ks +++ b/docs/fedora-livemedia.ks @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ sshpw --username=root --plaintext randOmStrinGhERE # Firewall configuration firewall --enabled --service=mdns # Use network installation -url --url="http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/16/Everything/x86_64/os/"; +url --url="http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/17/x86_64/os/"; + # X Window System configuration information xconfig --startxonboot # Root password -- 1.7.7.6 _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
