I have 3 boxes in our lab testbed that I need to do a bare metal install on before automated system tests are run. Unfortunately each box is a different OS. I have a Redhat box, a Windows XP box and a Windows 7 box that I need to install. So basically before the final tests can be run, I need to do a wipedisk, install the OS, and then install our software. Ideally this can all be automated and be kicked off by the automated test scripts.
So, can I do the OS installs with cobbler? Janet -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: cobbler Digest, Vol 39, Issue 14 Send cobbler mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cobbler digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Windows install with Cobbler ([email protected]) 2. Re: Windows install with Cobbler (Pete Eby) 3. Re: Windows install with Cobbler (James Clendenan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:35:56 -0600 From: <[email protected]> Subject: Windows install with Cobbler To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Has anyone been successful in installing windows using cobbler? I've found a few things on the net but nothing definitive. I need a tool that will install baseline images on lab boxes of both the linux and Windows flavors. Janet Conkle ETG x5343 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/attachments/20110921/a27f1c7a /attachment.html ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:04:46 -0400 From: Pete Eby <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Windows install with Cobbler To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <cafrtjp97xtw6hyjbrfekygrwv8jyo50oo_ypedmkl0k_4sr...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 My solution for Windows installs was actually to use another system: http://opsi.org/ Though a bit snarly to get set up, it was actually very nifty once deployed. You can load up some driver packs which contain tons of NIC and other common drivers, and they are detected during install. It has a nice Web interface to control what happens with the client when it boots, etc. You can also do some primitive package deployment to clients with it. I only used this on W2k3 systems, though I believe they support newer versions of course as well. Cheers, Pete On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone been successful in installing windows using cobbler?? I?ve found > a few things on the net but nothing definitive.? I need a tool that will > install baseline images on lab boxes of both the linux and Windows flavors. > > > > Janet Conkle > > ETG > > x5343 > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:41:24 -0700 From: James Clendenan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Windows install with Cobbler To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Which versions of Windows are you looking at using? Pre Windows Vista are very different than post. Also server was a bit different than the client versions. Are you currently doing any imaging with WAIK? Are you imaging/cloneing the systems, or doing a from scratch install. Cobbler is good for the later, other systems like FOG/Clonezilla/Ghost may be better for the former. James ps, I'm tempted to try my hand at building up a windows vista/7 pxe installer, more for my dev lab, as I hate installing windows over and over again but it's the only way to test a couple of things. Would anyone else be interested in collaborating? On 2011-09-21, at 10:35 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone been successful in installing windows using cobbler? I?ve found a few things on the net but nothing definitive. I need a tool that will install baseline images on lab boxes of both the linux and Windows flavors. > > Janet Conkle > ETG > x5343 > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/attachments/20110921/59596393 /attachment.html ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler End of cobbler Digest, Vol 39, Issue 14 *************************************** _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
