RE: [suse-autoinstall] Switching from floppies to disk
What about the info file? I want to enforce the load structure, thus I have to have different CD's with different info files pointing to different xml files. i.e. one info file points to "laptop_developer.xml". Another points to "laptop_user.xml" etc. etc. Those xml files also have a lot of embedded scripts and config files to set up our krb5 authentication as well as the pam_mount login mounting system. I can't let user's do a "normal, choose what you want" install. For developers, I hand them the CD with the info file for developers. Users get the CD with the info file pointing to the regular user.xml. At least that's what I planned on doing. What I am hoping for is someone to tell me "edit these files ... put everything in from all 5 floppies into one subdirectory somewhere . . . now run mkisofs with these switches . . . burn the iso to CD." Or am I misunderstanding how this all works? (It wouldn't be the first time) --Jonathon -----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Wed 8/20/2003 12:11 PM To: Robison, Jonathon (M.) Cc: suse-autoinstall@lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Switching from floppies to disk Robison, Jonathon (M.) wrote:
I have created an install server, and the necessary floppies (1 boot, 4 module). The info file is working on the module1 floppy, and installing from the http server, as desired.
Can someone guide me on what I would need to do to combine all of these floppies into one image? I have some of those "Business Card" CD's, capable of holding 50M.
If you have this, then there is no need to create floppies at all, just create a bootable CD using the kernel and initrd available on the first CD in "boot/loader". Anas
What about the info file? I want to enforce the load structure, thus I have to have different CD's with different info files pointing to different xml files. No. Only one CD. You can have the different configurations set in the isolinux menu. all info vairables can be put into the kernel command line. It is also
Robison, Jonathon (M.) wrote: possible to have different info file with different names and point to them with info=file://<file name>.
i.e. one info file points to "laptop_developer.xml". Another points to "laptop_user.xml" etc. etc. Those xml files also have a lot of embedded scripts and config files to set up our krb5 authentication as well as the pam_mount login mounting system. I can't let user's do a "normal, choose what you want" install.
For developers, I hand them the CD with the info file for developers. Users get the CD with the info file pointing to the regular user.xml. At least that's what I planned on doing.
What I am hoping for is someone to tell me "edit these files ... put everything in from all 5 floppies into one subdirectory somewhere . . . now run mkisofs with these switches . . . burn the iso to CD."
This is _not_ needed. The initrd on the 1st CD already has all mofules. You dont have to configure floippies then create a CD from them, this is a very long and error prone way.
Or am I misunderstanding how this all works? (It wouldn't be the first time)
Maybe :) Ig you have the possibility to boot from CDs, forget anything you know about floppies :-) Anas
--Jonathon
-----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Wed 8/20/2003 12:11 PM To: Robison, Jonathon (M.) Cc: suse-autoinstall@lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Switching from floppies to disk
Robison, Jonathon (M.) wrote:
I have created an install server, and the necessary floppies (1 boot, 4 module). The info file is working on the module1 floppy, and installing from the http server, as desired.
Can someone guide me on what I would need to do to combine all of these floppies into one image? I have some of those "Business Card" CD's, capable of holding 50M.
If you have this, then there is no need to create floppies at all, just create a bootable CD using the kernel and initrd available on the first CD in "boot/loader".
Anas
J.R. I can show you examples of this on the various isolinux.cfg files we have already made. On Wednesday 20 August 2003 12:47 pm, Anas Nashif wrote:
Robison, Jonathon (M.) wrote:
What about the info file? I want to enforce the load structure, thus I have to have different CD's with different info files pointing to different xml files.
No. Only one CD. You can have the different configurations set in the isolinux menu. all info vairables can be put into the kernel command line. It is also possible to have different info file with different names and point to them with info=file://<file name>.
i.e. one info file points to "laptop_developer.xml". Another points to "laptop_user.xml" etc. etc. Those xml files also have a lot of embedded scripts and config files to set up our krb5 authentication as well as the pam_mount login mounting system. I can't let user's do a "normal, choose what you want" install.
For developers, I hand them the CD with the info file for developers. Users get the CD with the info file pointing to the regular user.xml. At least that's what I planned on doing.
What I am hoping for is someone to tell me "edit these files ... put everything in from all 5 floppies into one subdirectory somewhere . . . now run mkisofs with these switches . . . burn the iso to CD."
This is _not_ needed. The initrd on the 1st CD already has all mofules. You dont have to configure floippies then create a CD from them, this is a very long and error prone way.
Or am I misunderstanding how this all works? (It wouldn't be the first time)
Maybe :) Ig you have the possibility to boot from CDs, forget anything you know about floppies :-)
Anas
--Jonathon
-----Original Message----- From: Anas Nashif [mailto:nashif@suse.de] Sent: Wed 8/20/2003 12:11 PM To: Robison, Jonathon (M.) Cc: suse-autoinstall@lists.suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-autoinstall] Switching from floppies to disk
Robison, Jonathon (M.) wrote:
I have created an install server, and the necessary floppies (1 boot, 4 module). The info file is working on the module1 floppy, and installing from the http server, as desired.
Can someone guide me on what I would need to do to combine all of these floppies into one image? I have some of those "Business Card" CD's, capable of holding 50M.
If you have this, then there is no need to create floppies at all, just create a bootable CD using the kernel and initrd available on the first CD in "boot/loader".
Anas
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