On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:26:49 +0000 Greg Sutcliffe <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Apologies if this has been covered before - I've been Googling for the > few days, and found a lot of info on both of these topics - but not > both together. > > As far as I can see, it's possible to boot an ArchLinux install > instance over PXE (using the archboot project). I've managed to get > that working just fine. I also understand that it's possible to pass a > prewritten script to AIF to handle the actual install (and potentially > the post-install steps?). I've not actually tried to write one of > these yet, but it's next on my todo list. > > It seems the last tiny link to integrate the two is missing - I cannot > find any documentation on how to get the installer to automatically > execute an AIF script. I did find a slideshow (http://goo.gl/6I8QP) > which on Slide 13 states this integration is a "Missing Feature" - is > that still the case? > > As a bit of background (since this is my first post to the list) - I'm > working heavily with Foreman (www.theforeman.org) which is a > provisioning system for automatically deploying and installing > machines. Since I'm a keen Arch user, I'm trying to add Arch support > to Foreman. I have now added the PXE side of things (which works > great), and I'm more than happy to help write/test any solutions to > the above problem, since I can now re-image (via PXE) my Arch hosts > with about 4 clicks in Foreman's interface :) > > Looking forward to learning more about this :) > > Cheers, > Greg AFAIK archiso images boot fine over pxe. (archboot is not official) archboot doesn't even use aif, but archiso does, and it accepts a 'script' boot parameter, which can do whatever you want, such as starting an aif automatic install. at least, that's how I remember things are. I didn't ever try this myself but IIRC other people have. Dieter
