On 7 mei 2013, at 21:40, christopher barry <cba...@rjmetrics.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 09:23 +1200, Andrej wrote: >> Chances are >> http://www.mail-archive.com/sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05546.html >> helps ... :) >> >> On 1 May 2013 23:58, Vanush Misha <mi...@cs.nuim.ie> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've followed instructions in Olivier's and Yann's emails >>> (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30699920 and >>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30669672), but >>> now an attempt to install systemimager-server on a (Debian Wheezy >>> server) with "apt-get install systemimager-server" fails with unmet >>> dependencies: >>> >>> "The following packages have unmet dependencies: >>> systemimager-server : Depends: mkisofs but it is not installable >>> Depends: systemconfigurator (>= 2.2.11) but it is not installable" >>> >>> (there are also some unmet "Recommends"). >>> >>> Before I break my server, does anyone know can I safely force the >>> package in place? >>> >>> On a separate note: where can I get sources used to build >>> systemimager-related .deb packages? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Misha >>> > > I may have begun this thread a while back - hard to tell now, but I was > instructed to pull debs from the OSCAR site. I too ran into a bunch of > dependency issues. Seriously to the point of thinking about doing a new > SI completely (well, to fit my needs anyway). Still don't have a working > SI install (it's missing GRUB2 support anyway, so it's not all that > useful to me anyway as it turns out) > > Anyone here want to work on a new SI with me? I see the following for > Si2: > > * apache served kernel / fat initramfs via iPXE and http > * cgi based system w/iPXE scripting that determines what image to load > based on MAC > * use udp-cast with streamed cpio and crc32 to verify integrity > > The fat initramfs will have all the tools needed to get more tools from > the server via curl or wget. The server will house scripts to accomplish > certain tasks that can be easily definable. the client will pull these > and the definitions. The initramfs will just spin doing tasks, rather > than switch_root. > > could even do emdebian as a small iscsi-based boot image rather than > just a fat initramfs, although not sure what that would buy. > > Thoughts? Is it worth it, or is making SI work without hair pulling > simpler? Honestly, I'm jonesin' to do the new one if anyone is into it. > > christopher, Did you look at SALI ( https://oss.trac.surfsara.nl/sali)? regards --- As of 1 January 2013, SARA has a new name: SURFsara. Bas van der Vlies | Operations, Support & Development | SURFsara | Science Park 140 | 1098 XG Amsterdam | T +31 (0) 20 592 30 00 | bas.vandervl...@surfsara.nl | www.surfsara.nl | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users