A user contributed this: https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/Microsoft%20systems%20center
On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Alan Evangelista <ala...@linux.vnet.ibm.com > wrote: > On 10/22/2014 11:00 AM, Eduardo Bacchi Kienetz wrote: > >> On 10/22/2014 10:53 AM, Alan Evangelista wrote: >> >>> On 10/21/2014 11:55 PM, Jeff Schroeder wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, Alan Evangelista < >>>> ala...@linux.vnet.ibm.com <mailto:ala...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Cobbler is a Linux installation server, based on Linux boot >>>> loaders, Linux initrd/kernel >>>> and Linux automated installation processes. Why is there a Windows >>>> breed? How would someone >>>> use this to install a Windows system? imho this should be deleted. >>>> >>>> >>>> Both the Windows PE stuff and SCCM make it pretty painless to install >>>> windows entirely hands off ala kickstart. Cobbler is just really a smarter >>>> PXE / tftp server so if the feature works (that is a big if!) seems >>>> reasonable to not rip out. >>>> >>> >>> I think Windows automated installation does *not* work in Cobbler >>> because I do not see any windows >>> special handling in code, only the windows breed. I do not event know >>> how to test this. What would I use >>> as kernel/initrd/kernel command line arguments/automatic installation >>> file? >>> >> >> Windows PE does not need special handling as far as I remember (from >> years ago). Only way to make sure is to try today, but I certainly wouldn't >> remove for not knowing how it works... >> > > I think I was misinterpreted. The reason to delete is not because I dont > know how to use it, > but that nobody is using it. I'm against keeping a unused feature just > because maybe it could > be useful in the future. I prefer to have a small set of features which > are well maintained than > a big set of broken features. > > Also, there is no Windows installation feature supported here, either > automated or manual, > there is only a breed name. Whatever user does with this windows breed, > he/she could do > equally with the unix breed. > > > Regards, > Alan Evangelista > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler-devel mailing list > cobbler-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler-devel > -- Grtz, Jörgen Maas
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