On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:51:02 +0100, Jeroen van Meeuwen <[email protected]> wrote: > James Cammarata wrote: >> Ok, think I've got a working solution (but haven't tested it yet). >> > > This pretty much sounds like what I have suggested we do earlier, but > for the random generation of NTLDR and winnt.sif names. Those can just > sequence (w0001, w0002, ... if you will). If nothing else, a sqlite db > can track what is what.
Random or sequential, either works for me. I did random because it was easier (not currently checking for collisions... though it will). >> This will be alpha-numeric, >> so the hard limit on systems in cobbler will be 36^4 (1,679,616) windows >> systems... > > actually the filename is limited to exactly 5 characters, but if you > make it start with a "w", there's only one set of TFTP rewrite rules > you'd have to do to have all Windows related files in a sub-directory of > the TFTP root. What I meant was, 1 fixed, 4 variable, so that's 36^4 possible windows systems (since linux/other probably wouldn't use this id). But yeah, using the same leading character for all the files would make things a bit more simple. >> So far, what works: >> 1) importing XP from CD > > Note that I found you'll need startrom.n12 from Windows 2003 and we're > not allowed to ship it. That's fine, we can put it on the wiki. However I'm using the following two links as my guide, and neither mention this: http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/ris-linux.php http://oss.netfarm.it/guides/pxe.php >> 2) profile/system creation >> 3) ASCII pxe file generation >> 4) tftpd rule generation >> > > This could be a one time if you settle for having all Windows related > files in one sub-directory of the TFTP root. > >> What doesn't: >> 1) sif (answer file) generation > > This could just be a single winnt.sif to get things running and evolve > from there. > > Kind regards, > > Jeroen van Meeuwen > -kanarip > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
