> >>>>>> - What kind of initrd shall be used? > >>>>>> o Use livecd-tools to build the initrd+kernel from > >>>>>> > >> Fedora/RHEL/CentOS? > >> > >>>>>> * Minimum size is 150MB > >>>>>> * Easy to maintain and regenerate > >>>>>> o Create a small busy-box initrd+kernel > >>>>>> * Minimum size is 20MB > >>>>>> * Harder to understand > >>>>>> * Requires more indepth linux knowledge > >>>>>> > >> I'd use the appliance creator tools (thincrust.et.redhat.com) -- just > so > >> that it would be easier for more people to develop on it. > >> > >> Then we can ask them to make it possible to make smaller and smaller > >> images as needed :) > >> > > > > The toolchain looks nice to use, but I can't use it out-of-the-box. The > toolchain requires the latest releases of at least livecd-tools, > pykickstart and yum. Those are not available in RHEL4 or RHEL5(-epel). > > > > I rebuild at the livecd-tools rpm under RHEL5, but it failed because it > requires at least python 2.5 for the try..except..finally syntax. > > > > Any idea how to handle such build dependencies? > > Not suprising. livecd-creator itself wasn't usable on EL either when we > doing koan live CD's (now replaced by "cobbler buildiso" because it > works everywhere -- it's just a "dumb" syslinux based ISO so it requires > much less to build and can be exceedingly small). However we really only > have to generate one ISO and then host it, rather than making each > person respin one. > > Build it in a Fedora VM, perhaps? > > There's also a mailing list: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/thincrust-devel
Only a simple filesystem image is required. I don't think we need the appliance-tools multiple-fs patch for it. That means I can start already with the current available livecd-tools from RHEL5-epel. Later the appliance-tools support can be added to the build process to create a more optimized image. Regards, Peter This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
