On 02/26/2011 11:37 AM, Christian Horn wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 08:46:55AM +0100, Gunnar Thielebein wrote:
>>
>> 1. The bootcd should be connected via iLO or presented as virtual image to 
>> the
>> destination system (VM).
>>
>> 2. It should be possible to restrict the bootcd to exactly one host system.
>>
>> 3. The bootcd should be used from the systems without any other user 
>> intervention.
>>
>> 4. The bootcd should be keepen as slim as possible, installation data can be
>> carried per http through the net.
>>
>> 5. The boodcd should be creatable from the webinterface.
> 
> 'cobbler buildiso <parameters>' sounds good for these requirements - apart of
> the last one, cant comment on that.
> 
> 
>> How could that be done via cobbler?
>> I've made tests with cobblers buildiso feature. What i've found out it is not
>> possible to restrict systems to one hosts. Either the profiles are shown in 
>> the
>> selectable also the option to boot from local harddrive is preselected. Is 
>> this
>> configureable somewhere?
> 
> I didnt see buildiso as configurable directly, but you can use a workflow like
> this, wrapped in a small shellscript that not to hard for daily use:
> 
> # generate iso with default to local
> cobbler buildiso --profiles='' --systems=sakura
> # modify defaulting to your host
> sed -ie 's,^DEFAULT.*,DEFAULT sakura,' /buildiso/isolinux/isolinux.cfg
> # generate custom iso using the mkiso-commang also buildiso was using
> mkisofs -o /root/generated.iso -r -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c 
> isolinux/boot.cat \
>       -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -V Cobbler\ Install -R 
> \
>       -J -T /buildiso

Hi Christian, So i need to enforce blank --profiles? I'll try your sed trick
regarding menu selection. Do you think this could be hacked into cobbler? I am
little bit into python and would like to see this implemented.

Regarding the old laptop issue: Is it possible to let the images/install.img
load from local (like the full install media does) and do only the installpart
over network?

Thanks!
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