inode0 wrote:
On 4/8/07, Daniel Riek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
With the version 5 release we coalesced all Red Hat Enterprise Linux
server variants on to a single media kit; likewise with the client
variants. We did this to reduce the complexity caused by the
introduction of virtualization and by the growing number of media kits,
something that customers have widely
requested.
Speaking of the growing number of media kits, one thing we do locally
to help with this proliferation is to create a grub bootable ISO that
fits on a 3.5" CD and has targets for all flavors of RHEL3, RHEL4, and
RHEL5 (as well as a few other odds and ends). Since there is always a
nearby network install tree available to us this little installer CD
is very handy and all that most of our users need.
Has Red Hat given any thought to producing something like this? It is
really a simple aggregation of existing boot.iso images and is very
handy.
I know it's not a solution for everyone (like those who don't control
the dhcp server) but why not forget physical media entirely and do
network installs via PXE for all desired media sets? I have PXE/tftp
setup on our network and can start a install of RHEL4 i386 or x86_64,
and RHEL5 client or server x86_64 or i386 instantly without needing to
remember (or find) any physical media. I could easily add RHEL3 and
even RHEL4 as well as Fedora, Debian, whatever if I wished.
For a long time, I had a vague understanding of PXE/tftp but thought it
looked too difficult, come to find out it's not all that bad and not
worth the trouble, come to find out after the initial install and dhcp
changes it extremely simple to do. When I showed my colleagues how it
worked they were rather wowed by it also.
Jay
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