>You can achieve what you want by using distro add and then profile add.
"distro add" requires kernel= and initrd= to be on the local filesystem. Remember what I was asking: >> I'd like to add the distro (CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso) but I don't want >> to copy the contents over. Is this possible or do I need to run cobbler on my distro/repo server (has lots of disk). That doesn't really make cobbler flexible. My guess is I just don't understand something. Thank you, Paul On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Jeff Schroeder<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Paul Company<[email protected]> wrote: >> On "myserver1" I mounted CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso on /media and >> NFS exported /media. >> I also make /media available via Apache - http://myserver1/media/ >> >> Then I ran the following on "myserver2", which has cobbler installed. >> >> # mkdir -p /distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64 >> # cobbler import --path=/distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64 --arch=x86_64 >> --name=CentOS-5.3-x86_64 \ >> --available-as=nfs://myserver1:/media >> or >> # cobbler import --path=/distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64 --arch=x86_64 >> --name=CentOS-5.3-x86_64 \ >> --available-as=http://myserver1/media >> >> I get the following output: >> >> ---------------- (adding distros) >> ---------------- (associating kickstarts) >> >> But, when I run the following: >> >> # cobbler list >> >> There's no output!!!! >> Isn't this supposed to make the distro available for use? >> >> I'd like to add the distro (CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso) but I don't >> want to copy the contents over. >> Seems like "import" only works if things get copied locally? >> Can cobbler work without having the distro locally on the cobbler server? > > "cobbler import" is currently just a pretty wrapper around "cobbler > distro add" and "cobbler profile add". You can achieve what you want > by using distro add and then profile add. It isn't quite as magical as > "cobbler import" but this comes up a lot. > > -- > Jeff Schroeder > > Don't drink and derive, alcohol and analysis don't mix. > http://www.digitalprognosis.com > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
