Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Jolet wrote: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent On 2/17/06 11:30 PM, Ghislain Bourgeois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a stage-4, which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. I use something called systemimager that does a pxeboot install. Kinda a pain to do it with gentoo, as they really, really want redhat or suse, but it can be done. Just for the edification of the list, I managed to find exactly what I needed in the gentoo documentation. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-netboot-howto.xml Thanks to all those who replied! - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD/7IJLYGSSmmWCZMRAi11AJ4uR1RjyAiGWSAwVwSBYmAaeSR8ZACffkYT vUyMRdAYsq8wImNhTuV8XXU= =gwJ3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:54:04 -0800 gentuxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Also, one inherent flaw with your suggestion is the requirement of a livecd. I know you mentioned floppy, but these are SPARC boxen and I doubt I could fit all the drivers/commands/etc. on a floppy, and one doesn't even have a floppy. Thus the necessity for a network boot situation. Why not setup a diskless boot via dhcp/tftp? And boot the liveCD over the net? It pretty much runs in memory. Once the kernel in running, the rest could be nfs mounted. You might have to tweak a startup/initrd script, but that should be about it all. See - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/diskless-howto.xml http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5 Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a stage-4, which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. -- Ghislain Bourgeois---Linux System administratorOn 2/17/06, gentuxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1I've got a little amateur project that I'm working on, and I'm running into some difficulty.The most immediate problem I'm having, is thatI want to put gentoo on one of my systems, but they don't have aCDROM.(These are old boxes.)So, my question, simply enough, isthere a JumpStart or KixStart equivalent in gentoo? I.e. tftp boot,that'll download the install image, etc.?TIA- --gentuxecho hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge'gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC409795 2D81 924A 6996 0993-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux)iD8DBQFD9qM8LYGSSmmWCZMRAhf+AJsFxgsLHMpGbe+bMbgRIQ5MrGNUpQCgygDuQs28pGIyBDdsmAHGv/sZlO4==49tL-END PGP SIGNATURE- --gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
Hi, On Sat, 2006-02-18 at 00:30 -0500, Ghislain Bourgeois wrote: At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a stage-4, which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. -- Ghislain Bourgeois --- Linux System administrator There is an article on gentoo-wiki.com + a script to make and later install a 'so called' stage4 tarball. Made the stage4 tarball myself but still haven't tried to use it ;) HTH.Rumen On 2/17/06, gentuxx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've got a little amateur project that I'm working on, and I'm running into some difficulty. The most immediate problem I'm having, is that I want to put gentoo on one of my systems, but they don't have a CDROM. (These are old boxes.) So, my question, simply enough, is there a JumpStart or KixStart equivalent in gentoo? I.e. tftp boot, that'll download the install image, etc.? TIA - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD9qM8LYGSSmmWCZMRAhf+AJsFxgsLHMpGbe +bMbgRIQ5MrGNUpQCgygDu Qs28pGIyBDdsmAHGv/sZlO4= =49tL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ghislain Bourgeois wrote: At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a stage-4, which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. Well, thanks for the tip. But for one, I wasn't really planning to spend *that* much time fussing about it. The focus is something else entirely, and I don't have the time to dedicate to designing my own system. I totally understand the NDA/company proprietary info, etc., etc., so I appreciate the pointer. I've set up Solaris Jumpstart for Solaris installations in the past. And, ironically enough, this project is using gentoo-sparc. Jumpstart is relatively easy to configure, I just didn't know if there might be an equivalent for gentoo. I checked for both JumpStart and KixStart (I've seen KixStart ported to other distros even though it's a RedHat package) by running `emerge search jumpstart` and got bupkus. Also, one inherent flaw with your suggestion is the requirement of a livecd. I know you mentioned floppy, but these are SPARC boxen and I doubt I could fit all the drivers/commands/etc. on a floppy, and one doesn't even have a floppy. Thus the necessity for a network boot situation. I appreciate the response though. -- Ghislain Bourgeois --- Linux System administrator On 2/17/06, *gentuxx* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a little amateur project that I'm working on, and I'm running into some difficulty. The most immediate problem I'm having, is that I want to put gentoo on one of my systems, but they don't have a CDROM. (These are old boxes.) So, my question, simply enough, is there a JumpStart or KixStart equivalent in gentoo? I.e. tftp boot, that'll download the install image, etc.? TIA -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD9rZ8LYGSSmmWCZMRAkU5AKDNfs9NcL1SOMRdOC9ZO5YpCUoIFQCeJxCe WCtWdPeoaf8q05nHZc8U9DQ= =IwrC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo kixtstart/jumpstart equivalent
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, gentuxx wrote: Read through http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap6 You can install from a distro's boot floppies... I have done it sucessfully using Slackware 9.1 floppies. You need a binary of bzip, you can download one from where I stuck mine at http://members.lycos.co.uk/stupendoussteve/Misc/bzip2-102-x86-linux24 if you'd like. Just have to set it execute and then run ./bzip2 blah.tar.bz (this is to unpack the stage files). Slackware can partition and format on it's own. Once you unpack the stage files it's pretty much right out of the handbook. You'll need the slackware boot and install floppies, as well as the networking ones and probably some others. It's not the easiest process but it is not that time consuming... just gotta get the right floppies. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ghislain Bourgeois wrote: At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a stage-4, which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. Well, thanks for the tip. But for one, I wasn't really planning to spend *that* much time fussing about it. The focus is something else entirely, and I don't have the time to dedicate to designing my own system. I totally understand the NDA/company proprietary info, etc., etc., so I appreciate the pointer. I've set up Solaris Jumpstart for Solaris installations in the past. And, ironically enough, this project is using gentoo-sparc. Jumpstart is relatively easy to configure, I just didn't know if there might be an equivalent for gentoo. I checked for both JumpStart and KixStart (I've seen KixStart ported to other distros even though it's a RedHat package) by running `emerge search jumpstart` and got bupkus. Also, one inherent flaw with your suggestion is the requirement of a livecd. I know you mentioned floppy, but these are SPARC boxen and I doubt I could fit all the drivers/commands/etc. on a floppy, and one doesn't even have a floppy. Thus the necessity for a network boot situation. I appreciate the response though. -- Ghislain Bourgeois --- Linux System administrator On 2/17/06, *gentuxx* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a little amateur project that I'm working on, and I'm running into some difficulty. The most immediate problem I'm having, is that I want to put gentoo on one of my systems, but they don't have a CDROM. (These are old boxes.) So, my question, simply enough, is there a JumpStart or KixStart equivalent in gentoo? I.e. tftp boot, that'll download the install image, etc.? TIA -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list - -- gentux echo hfouvyAdpy/ofu | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint == 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD9rZ8LYGSSmmWCZMRAkU5AKDNfs9NcL1SOMRdOC9ZO5YpCUoIFQCeJxCe WCtWdPeoaf8q05nHZc8U9DQ= =IwrC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
