From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Elliott Finley
Sent: Mon 07/08/2006 14:16
To: Carl J Richell
Cc: SIS Devel; SIS Users
Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] [systemimager-commits] Manufacturing Setup WithMultiple Images
Thus spake Carl J Richell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>Brian
-
>
>This is precisely what I needed. We are now
pre-manufacturing
with
>SystemImager.
Excellent!
>The more I use
the software the more I like - you guys
>have done great work.
And
thanks.
>I have two more questions. During pxe boot there is
a 1 minute pause at
>get_host_name_from_dns. We don't use that
functionality - can it be
>turned off?
Yes. You have two
simple options, either of which will work fine:
* Have
a hosts file (/etc/hosts style) in the
/var/lib/systemimager/scripts directory that has an entry for
each
host/ip combo that you'll be
using.
* Set HOSTNAME as a kernel append parameter in
your PXE boot config.
>For dynamic partitioning I have set the
primary partition / at 95% and
>the remaining amount for swap. This
is adequate but is there a way to
>determine the amount of memory in a
machine and base the swap off of
>that - then allocate the remaining space
to the root partition?
Not currently, but you can certainly hack the
autoinstall script if you
like. If you want to attempt this, consider
making your changes to
/etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.template, so that
your changes will
take effect every time a new autoinstall script is
generated, or an old
one is updated.
Cheers,
-Brian
>
>Thanks again, Carl
>
>On Fri, 2006-08-04
at 21:24 -0500, Brian Elliott Finley wrote:
>>
Carl,
>>
>> Images can be specified as kernel append
parameters. Consider a pxe
>> menu. See attached as a pxe
menu example, and look for local.cfg in the
>> documentation directory
for a reference on all the SystemImager
>> variables you can pass to
the autoinstall client as kernel append
>>
parameters.
>>
>> Let us know how it
goes!
>>
>> Cheers,
-Brian
>>
>>
>>
>> Thus spake Carl Richell
([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> >Hello and thank you in advance for your
advice.
>> >
>>
>I am setting up a SystemImager 3.7.3 server for the imaging of our laptop
and desktop line. We will have about 10 different images. My current
plan is something like this:
>>
>
>> >SystemImager
Server
>> > |
>> >PXE Boot
Clients
>> > |
>> >Prompt
to Choose Installation Image
>>
>
>> >I'm stuck on
prompting to choose installation image. How can I accomplish this or is
there a better way altogether?
>>
>
>>
>Cheers,
>>
>
>> >Carl
Richell
>> >
>>
>
>>
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