Aaron Lippold wrote:
Hi Miheal,
These sound like great options! The moment the "create install CD/DVD"
feature is ready I will be using it!! Thank you for being so open and
responsive to us the lowly end user :).
Question, you call it a 'netinstall cd' does that mean that the CD
would or would not contain the install packages? If not, could that
be added as an option? i.e. cobbler --createcd-netinstall or
--createcd-mediainstall ... myinstall.iso? I would guess adding the
copy of the rpms from the repo would be a small bit of code.
Yeah, I think there is a need for both. From what I'm told the later
isn't incredibly complex either, and there
are some people that are already quite good at doing this who I can tap
for advice.
When doing the non-net-install the kickstart files have to be managled a
bit such that the source changes, and that
the tracking options in post don't occur, so the netinstall bit would
probably happen first.
I know I would use both very heavily along with cobblers regular
pattern. In some cases it might be easier just to walk and or mail a
DVD to some places. Distributed group review of a system, testing
that's just 'plug in the cd and then run your tests, etc.
Thanks again!
Aaron
On 5/16/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Based on recent list activity, and a talking with everyone at Summit and
IRC, here's my list of the top 4 things I'd like to see added to cobbler
in the near term:
-- Virt support for deploying additional virt types
KVM, etc
Fullvirt Xen
-- Extend the repo management code to deal with older non-yum content
(RHN), like mrepo can do, such that running mrepo as a seperate tool for
older distros is not required.
-- Build a netinstall CD from cobbler for environments that don't do
PXE. Tie the CD to a specific profile (or better, eventually, provide
a boot menu). Lots of folks need baremetal provisioning and due to
aspects beyond their control can't use PXE.
-- Support either om_shell or DNSMasq, to avoid the dhcp reload wait
time when manage_dhcp is enabled and systems are updated. (Some folks
I believe are looking at both of these?)
If there's something you'd like to see added feature-wise, I'd be glad
to hear ideas.
--Michael
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