----- Jörgen Maas <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Michael DeHaan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apologies on answering with code, but here's an interesting comment in > > the source (buildiso.py): > > > > > > def > > generate_standalone_iso(self,imagesdir,isolinuxdir,distname,filesource): > > """ > > Create bootable CD image to be used for handsoff CD installations > > """ > > # Get the distro object for the requested distro > > # and then get all of its descendants (profiles/sub-profiles/systems) > > > > And elsewhere in the code: > > > > if standalone: > > if profiles is not None or systems is not None: > > utils.die(self.logger,"When building a standalone ISO, > > use --distro only instead of --profiles/--systems") > > elif distro is None: > > utils.die(self.logger,"When building a standalone ISO, > > you must specify a --distro") > > if source != None and not os.path.exists(source): > > utils.die(self.logger,"The source specified (%s) does > > not exist" % source) > > > > It looks like that will give you everything under the profiles/systems > > and does not actually filter them to specific profiles. > > And it should yell at you and tell you this when you try it :) > > > > Making it understand --profiles or --systems as a kind of blacklist > > seems like an easy patch. > > > > Just for clarification. > > When using the --standalone, you have to select *one* distro. Buildiso > then includes all profiles and systems associated with that distro and > includes them on the CD. This way you can do handsoff installations > from CD. > > For the netboot ISO case the --profiles and --systems parameters are > whitelist options. Why should one want to change that behaviour to > blacklisting for the standalone ISO case? > > Maybe i just don't understand ;) >
Thank you for the information, Jörgen. I am willing to try generating a standalone ISO and see what it can/cannot do for me. Again, I will share what I find with the list in the hope that the info will help someone else. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
