Jared Hodge wrote: > > I did see yours, but I prefer to keep it self contained and not > require creating a profile from the web and worry about matching > names, etc. As I’ve modified the wiki, it’s just: > > make a directory > > copy 3 files to the directory > > add some lines to /etc/cobbler/pxe/pxedefault.template > > cobbler sync > What you prefer is strongly *not* what I prefer. By doing that you are losing a lot of automation/tweakage potential.
You do not have to use the web interface, of course. Simple command line tweakage would be fine. > > Also, > > It would be nice if there was a variable available in the > pxedefault.template that is the IP address of the cobbler server. > @@server@@ works in internal variables (sort of, it's an undocumented hack), all the more reason to create a real distro/profile. > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of > *Rodrique Heron > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 2:59 PM > *To:* cobbler mailing list > *Subject:* RE: Non-linux installation > > Not sure if you saw my post, since we are top posting here on this > thread. But I think its better to do this from Cobbler Web. > > 1. Add a Distro - make sure the distro names matches the name of the > folder created under /tftpboot/images. If not cobbler will create a > new folder matching the distro name specified. Update the field for > kernel, initrd and kernel options. > > 2. Create a profile and enable PXE menu > > 3. Sync > > That's it. > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jared Hodge > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:40 PM > *To:* cobbler mailing list > *Subject:* RE: Non-linux installation > > > maybe /etc/cobbler/pxe/pxedefault.template ? > > That’s exactly what I was looking for. I’ve updated > https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/ClonezillaIntegration > > I changed it to use tftp for the squashfs instead of httpd so > everything is kept in one place. I used /tftpboot/profiles/clonezilla > instead of /tftpboot/images/clonezilla to stay out of cobbler’s way. > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ronald > J. Yacketta > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:41 PM > *To:* cobbler mailing list > *Subject:* Re: Non-linux installation > > maybe /etc/cobbler/pxe/pxedefault.template ? > > Jared Hodge wrote: > > So, the next step in clonezilla integration is getting "cobbler sync" > not to blow away the update. I can move things around so that I'm not > dropping files in the cobbler directory, but how can I add something to > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default and have it stick? Is there a template > or some other way to manually add grub/pxe options? > -Jared > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
