Joel Andres Granados wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>> � wrote:
>>> Couldn't find a nice guide through google, so I
try here.
>>>
>>> I'd like to create a boot image, where I
already on the image itself
>>> point out my nfs server and kickstart file so I
don't have to write
>>> the boot options everytime (linux
ks=nfs:myserver:/somedir/ks.cfg),
>>> always using the same nfs server for
installation.
>>> I then mount the image in my ilo (hp machine)
as a usb or cdrom image.
>>>
>>> In short, trying to perform a diskless/usbless
installation with
>>> preconfigured boot options.
>>
>> I've seen the others' replies.
>> I have done it, with CentOS5. In my case, the
network connection to my
>> install server wasn't as good as my Internet
connexion, but I wanted
>> to ks. I don't recall now wither I used the
Internet, or installed
>> from DVD. Probably the former, the machine I used
doesn't have a DVD
>> drive, but I did set up transparent proxy (and
cache).
>>
>> I don't remember all the commands, but it would
have been something
>> like this:
>> read all the relevant docs including how to specify
where the ks file
>> is. In my case, I decided to put the ks file on one
of my servers so I
>> didn't have to burn another CD or DVD to change
it.
>>
>> Unpack the ISO:
>> mount -o loop,ro bf.iso /mnt/iso
>> cp -pr /mnt/iso /tmp/iso
>> find /mnt/iso -name TRANS.TBL -exec rm -fv {} ;
>> ensure it's writable
>> chmod -r +w /tmp/iso
>> edit the isolinux configuration to specify the ks
location
>> vim /tmp/iso/...
>> put the ks file in place
>> whatever
>> create a new iso.
>> mkisofs <google knows the proper command, and
it should be in
>> anaconda too, so read anaconda if you can't find it
with google, I
>> think Chris Kloiber had a script....>
>> Burn to rewritable media. Important this, one chap
I know of used a
>> whole box of CDs before he thought of this.
>> One of
>> cdrecord
>> growisofs
>>
>> Note to Anaconda hackers, if any are listening. Is
there a good reason
>> Anaconda shouldn't just have a peek at local
floppy, USB and maybe
>> optical media to see whether there's a ks file to
be found, and use it?
>>
>>
>>
>
> You can tell anaconda where to look in the cmdline.
from
> http:/
/fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
I know, but setting that as a default requires fiddling with
the ISO as
I just described.
It would be handy if, as I said, it just has a look around.
In
comparison, it's what Windows XP does (at least, it looks
for a floppy).
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