Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-autoinstall (50 mails)

["Alan McKay" <alan.mckay@xxxxxxxxx>]

> No, I meant on the client side i.e. on the node where i intend
> to install the OS. I plan to pxe boot the node into a linux shell
> and then execute the required installer (autoyast for suse)
> depending on the required distro...

Hmmm, I'd be interested in what you come up with for sure!  May even
be able to help you out with it on work's dime.

Though I'm not sure you can do that.  I know in the reading I did for
Anaconda/Kickstart, it said that one of the first checks it does is
whether the boot CD you are using to invoke the kickstart is of the
same distro as the one you are trying to install.   So you can't even
e.g. use a FC5 CD to install FC6.   Though I guess you might be able
to figure out how to spoof it.

I am still trying to figure out client-side for SuSe.  Apparently you
can boot off a USB stick with an "info file" but I still have not sat
down to give a good try at it - still haven't found a good example.
So for the moment I'm still using CD #1 and typing in that gawd-awful
command line with "install=" and "autoyast="

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