On Jan 30, 2012, at 12:40 PM, George Hunt wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm new to this list. > > I met Tony Anderson in Haiti, and again at the San Francisco OLPC Summit in > late 2011. He prevailed upon me to spend some time trying to figure out how > to rebase XS on a more recent Fedora Core. > > I just recently used pungi to gather together FC16 rpms into an iso using the > kickstart file that came with XS-0.6. What was 550MB in FC9 has grown to > 775MB in FC16. My initial goal was to create a CD image, that can be > installed in the traditional way. But going forward, even if we can pare > things down and fit in 690MB this time, perhaps we need a better strategy. > > I came across comments in the XS wiki to the effect that USB installs don't > always work, suggesting that a CD installation was more reliable. > > Then I discovered this page (which I had missed before) which displayed a > level of knowledge, and perspective, which I would like to tap. > > Can anyone own up to being the author, or point to him/her?
Here is the relevant email thread, including the author's email and his hindsight: Begin forwarded message: > From: Tim Moody <timmo...@sympatico.ca> > Date: April 29, 2011 9:15:42 AM EDT > To: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <srid...@laptop.org.au> > Cc: server-devel@lists.laptop.org > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Install Server > > Looks like I could benefit from your kickstart file(s). I didn't install > from USB because a) my machines are old and don't boot from USB and b) I > thought a server would scale better for large implementations, but clearly > USB is much more portable if your model is to install in the field. In any > event, both of our approaches drive off the kickstart file. I'd be happy to > lend a hand if there's something you can parcel out. How do you validate > the XS install? I don't actually have an XO, so I run SOAS in VirtualBox, > which is not a very thorough test. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" <srid...@laptop.org.au> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 1:57 AM > To: "Tim Moody" <timmo...@sympatico.ca> > Cc: <server-devel@lists.laptop.org> > Subject: Re: [Server-devel] XS Install Server > >> On 29 April 2011 15:43, Sridhar Dhanapalan <srid...@laptop.org.au> wrote: >>> On 9 April 2011 03:16, Tim Moody <timmo...@sympatico.ca> wrote: >>>> I have been experimenting for quite awhile with an install server based >>>> on >>>> cobbler and have finally written it up here >>>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Install_Server. >>>> >>>> If you have more than a few servers to install and want to automate the >>>> process >>>> >>>> or you want to add some library content automatically, you may find this >>>> of >>>> interest. >>> >>> Interesting work! >>> >>> The approach we have taken with our XS-AU is to configure the >>> installation via kickstart files and install from USB. >>> >>> http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au/wiki >> >> I should also add that I think we have already achieved some of your >> goals. Looking at your "Future" list at >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Install_Server#Future: >> >> * "Create two separate distros, one for FC and the other for XS and >> declare them in the kickstart file to separate the XS packages from >> Fedora" >> >> The XS-AU is a modular set of packages on top of Fedora 11: >> http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au/wiki/Install_on_an_existing_Fedora_installation >> >> * "Upgrade Fedora to latest version" >> >> Once we release our version 1.0 (based on Fedora 11), we can probably >> move to Fedora 13 with minimal effort. Fedora 14 will be trickier, as >> it has been upgraded to Python 2.7. >> >> * "Create separate kickstart files for full install, >> networking/gateway only install, services only install" >> >> Our installation is completely kickstart-driven, so we are most of the >> way there. >> >> We have other improvements in the pipeline as well. >> >> We'd be happy to work with anyone interested in getting involved. >> >> Sridhar > _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
