On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Paul Company<[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for everyone's help. > I understand cobbler better now and can now do what I want with some scripts. > I don't know why I had such a difficult time understanding the > difference between > an "install tree" and a "distribution". I also was curious on why > vmlinuz & initrd > had to be local (or seem to be local via NFS). I understand now, thank you > all. > > To summarize: > (1) vmlinuz & initrd have to appear local because in.tftpd demands it. > (2) An "install tree" is the root directory of an expanded .iso file - > i.e., CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso; The contents are what you feed to > "url --url=http://foo"; in kickstart, that is the tree. > (3) A "distribution" includes vmlinuz & initrd and other metadata > (i.e., --ksmeta) which may point to the "install tree". A > "distribution" in cobbler terminology, includes the install tree. I > think. ;-)
If you have a chance and the inclination please update the wiki so someone else doesn't have to repeat this :) https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki -- 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
