On 06.02.2015 [18:14:19 -0800], Jagga Soorma wrote:
Hi All,
I was given a custom iso to build some servers and instead of
attaching the iso and building new servers, I am trying to see if
there is a way to deploy that image via pxe instead. The iso that
they gave me is only 38MB in size and has the following contents:
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# ls
boot.cat general.msg initrd.img isolinux.cfg options.msg
rescue.msg splash.jpg vesamenu.c32
boot.msg grub.conf isolinux.bin memtest param.msg
custom.msg TRANS.TBL vmlinuz
rsync that to a location accessible by the cobbler daemon.
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They have hard coded specific kickstart files in the isolinux.cfg and
have custom messages/logos displayed in this image. This image is
based on RHEL 6.6. I am wondering if I can do the opposite of
buildiso. Can I build a profile from the above files some how and
deploy the same build via pxe. This would make life much easier to
deploy via pxe and not attach a iso to every server we have to build.
I think you need to create a distro object first, then make a profile
that uses that distro (and associates the right kickstart file, which
you might also need to add to cobbler as a template).
Is there a reason that won't work?
Thanks,
Nish