Apologies on answering with code, but here's an interesting comment in
the source (buildiso.py):
def generate_standalone_iso(self,imagesdir,isolinuxdir,distname,filesource):
"""
Create bootable CD image to be used for handsoff CD installations
"""
# Get the distro object for the requested distro
# and then get all of its descendants (profiles/sub-profiles/systems)
And elsewhere in the code:
if standalone:
if profiles is not None or systems is not None:
utils.die(self.logger,"When building a standalone ISO,
use --distro only instead of --profiles/--systems")
elif distro is None:
utils.die(self.logger,"When building a standalone ISO,
you must specify a --distro")
if source != None and not os.path.exists(source):
utils.die(self.logger,"The source specified (%s) does
not exist" % source)
It looks like that will give you everything under the profiles/systems
and does not actually filter them to specific profiles.
And it should yell at you and tell you this when you try it :)
Making it understand --profiles or --systems as a kind of blacklist
seems like an easy patch.
--Michael
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Dan White <ygor(a)comcast.net> wrote:
I found an example of the use of --standalone
http://sugizo.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/ubuntu-install-and-configure-cobbler/
• Build ISO
• Build ISO Base on Distro
cobbler buildiso –iso=/tmp/Fedora-15-x86_64.iso –distro=”Fedora-15-x86_64″
–standalone
• Build ISO Base on Profile
cobbler buildiso –iso=/tmp/Fedora-15-x86_64.iso –profiles=”Fedora-15-x86_64″
• Build ISO Base on System
cobbler buildiso –iso=/tmp/fedora.iso –systems=”fedora”
I was hoping to use a combo like:
cobbler buildiso --profiles="Fedora-15-x86_64"
--systems="server1.foo.fqdn, server1.foo.fqdn, server2.foo.fqdn,
server3.foo.fqdn" --standalone
but this example implies I have to include a distro.
Will this work ? : cobbler buildiso --profiles="this"
--distro="that" --systems="one,two,three,four" --standalone
On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Dan White wrote:
> Thanks. I will try these steps.
>
> I used livecd-iso-to-disk to make a stick that booted a box for me, but that box has
other issues, so I need to try again.
>
> There was a certain amount of trial-and-error in order to get the stick into a state
that livecd-iso-to-disk would work on it.
>
> One more question (for now): Does the --standalone option make a self-contained iso,
thus eliminating the need to download anything from the Cobbler Server ?
>
> On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Alex L. wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Dan,
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011, Dan White wrote:
>>> Did anyone ever come up with a reliable recipe for making a bootable
>>> USB-stick from a generated.iso ?
>>
>> try the following out and let me know how relieable it is :)
>>
>> Let's assume you have your USB-stick on "/dev/sdb" and you have
"syslinux"
>>> = 3.0 installed on your Linux box, then:
>>
>> (1) by using "fdisk /dev/sdb" make sure you create a bootable FAT
>> partition "/dev/sdb1"
>>
>> (2) create new fat filesystem on the USB stick by using
>> "mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1"
>>
>> (3) setup the bootloader by executing "syslinux /dev/sdb1"
>>
>> (4) create your buildiso "cobbler buildiso
--systems='host.domain.net'"
>>
>> (5) step 4 should have created beside the "generated.iso" file also a
>> "buildiso" directory; copy the created files from
"buildiso/isolinux/*" to
>> "/dev/sdb1" (mount it)
>>
>> (6) rename the "isolinux.cfg" on "/dev/sdb1" to
"syslinux.cfg"
>>
>> (7) umount "/dev/sdb1" and try to boot with the USB-stick, just
don't
>> forget to disconnect it on time if you are using "clearpart" in your
>> kickstart file.
>>
>>> If so, I could use it.
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
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