Thus spake Dann Frazier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [snip]
> >From mchasal: > > So, I think the first step down this road would be to change > > mkautoinstallscript to create scripts per client using info from the SIS > > db. We would additionally add the necessary attrs to the database to > > achieve this. > > I agree with this as a first step - Brian: do you? I think this is a reasonable thing. > >From Gary: > > That sounds great, but I haven't had a lot of success in having the > > auto-generated .master script get me the image I need. The scripts get > > me a system that's close, but I always seem to need to edit something to > > get something set up like I need. Unfortunately the changes I need to > > make need to be made to each of the .master scripts. That's usually > > only a handful, but it's a pain, especially when I miss one. > > > > I could code these changes into the normal generation code, but it seems > > that in continuing to add special cases to the script generation code > > Ill eventually end up with more command line options than gcc. > > I think this can be solved w/ SI using the SIS database, and being more > flexible w/ script generation - e.g, having a skeleton script, that is > populated using mkautoinstallscript and data from the SIS dbase, but > also allows you to add your own code. Then, we should be able to > take mkautoinstallscript down to something like this, in the simple case: > # mkautoinstallscript --force --all > which means, use all the information you already know about (ip assignment > method, etc) from the database, and regenerate all my scripts. I think I agree with this. Some of the statement is a bit vague, but could be worked out in a more formal document -- the base idea is sound, I believe. -Brian -- --------------------------------------------------- Brian Elliott Finley http://baldguysoftware.com/ phone: 630.803.8183 http://systemimager.org/ --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Sisuite-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
