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On 1/5/02 at 6:54 PM Charlie Brady wrote:
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>Something very similar is already possible. By using a custom
kickstart
>file it is possible to preconfigure a server at install time. You can
>create such a kickstart file by making a re-install floppy (*). If you
do
>this correctly, then the system will come up running, and the console
can
>be accesses using SSH over the local network, to change any
configuration
>parameters that need to be reconfigured.
hmmm, will have to attempt this. this is a thread of real interest to
me. think I will try and make one tomorrow. got to be easier than
what I am attempting now which is to do a custom iso image with a
kernel from http://linux-speakup.org replacing the standard one so I
can have access to the local console after installation. it isn't
working quite wright and if I can save lots of trouble by building a
ks.cfg which will accomplish the same thing, it would be really cool.
will get on it and see if I can make it go.
Brian.>
>> Again, just to be clear, I plan to leave the current console intact
but
>> duplicate the console panels (that make sense to duplicate) in the
>> server-manager to effect the above _single_point_ of server
management.
>
>We have considered moving much of the configuration currently done in
the
>console to the web interface. There are still strong arguments that
the
>local network settings be set up via the console (but with an option
to
>preconfigure, for cases such as you envision).
>
>> On an initial look at the existing console code, it appears very
possible
>> to accomplish this.
>>
>> Question:
>> - are there any known technical hurdles to overcome or is it simply
that no
>> one has ventured down this path yet?
>
>I believe that Jaime has already done something similar.
>
>(*) Well you should be able to do so, but I've just found a bug in
that
>code, while investigating the non-US keyboard issue. If I've
understood
>the problem correctly, you can do a custom install using a re-install
>floppy, but only if you remove images/kickstart/ks.cfg file from the
CDROM
>fileset, and reburn. And if you do that, the CDROM won't boot for a
>non-custom install. We'll have this fixed for 5.1.
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