Hi Bruce, Please read the mailing list guidelines (linked from the list signature); top-posting is frowned up on on this list. Now some comments... On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:14:52AM -0500, bruce wrote: > > What I'd really like is the ability to set two partitions > > > PartitionA - base/minimal OS > -used to just do a netinstall to setup partitionB with the real OS, and > the actual system that's going to contain the VM > -when this partition is invoked, it automatically does a netinstall to > set up partitionB > -after doing the netinstall, the process then resets whatever is needed > to then boot into partitionB > > PartitionB - complete/full OS, along with all the rest of the system/env files > -created by the netinstall process from Partition A, the minimal install/OS > -has the ability to also do a "netinstall" to reinstall the OS for the > partition A OS > -has the ability to set the system, so the next reboot, it goes into > Partition A >From what I understand you expect on partitition dedicated for installation of other partitions. I do not understand why you need that. Kickstart files offers you a completely automated way to install from disk images on local disks, over the network, and repositories. You can put your image on a partition, and treat that as your PartitionA. You could then use different kickstart files to setup systems with different customisations. Doesn't that work? I maybe missing something, maybe you want to do this remotely. In that case it should still be possible, but you would need a separate "command & control" machine for that. I believe many vendors like Dell, IBM offer such solutions. I have personally seen a Dell system with 10 real servers being installed & setup this way. If your setup is at home, you could repurpose a old machine for this purpose. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
