From: Brian Elliott Finley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Mon 07/08/2006 14:31
To: Bernard Li
Cc: Carl J Richell; SIS Devel
Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] [systemimager-commits] Manufacturing Setup WithMultiple Images
Ok.
Go ahead and add it to the TODO, but put it in a new
3.9.x section.
Cheers, -Brian
Thus spake Bernard Li
([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>Actually I like the idea of being able to dynamically
allocate swap based on some best practices. Of course this can be
overwritten.
>
>Perhaps we should add this to the TODO list
:-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bernard
>
>________________________________
>
>From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Elliott
Finley
>Sent: Mon 07/08/2006 14:16
>To: Carl J Richell
>Cc:
SIS Devel; SIS Users
>Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] [systemimager-commits]
Manufacturing Setup WithMultiple Images
>
>
>
>Thus
spake Carl J Richell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>>Brian
-
>>
>>This is precisely what I needed. We are now
pre-manufacturing
with
>>SystemImager.
>
>Excellent!
>
>
>>The
more I use the software the more I like - you guys
>>have done great
work.
>
>And thanks.
>
>
>>I have two more
questions. During pxe boot there is a 1 minute pause
at
>>get_host_name_from_dns. We don't use that functionality -
can it be
>>turned off?
>
>Yes. You have two simple
options, either of which will work fine:
>
> *
Have a hosts file (/etc/hosts style) in
the
> /var/lib/systemimager/scripts
directory that has an entry for each
>
host/ip combo that you'll be using.
>
> * Set
HOSTNAME as a kernel append parameter in your PXE boot
config.
>
>
>>For dynamic partitioning I have set the
primary partition / at 95% and
>>the remaining amount for swap.
This is adequate but is there a way to
>>determine the amount of memory
in a machine and base the swap off of
>>that - then allocate the
remaining space to the root partition?
>
>Not currently, but you can
certainly hack the autoinstall script if you
>like. If you want to
attempt this, consider making your changes
to
>/etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.template, so that your changes
will
>take effect every time a new autoinstall script is generated, or an
old
>one is updated.
>
>Cheers,
-Brian
>
>>
>>Thanks again,
Carl
>>
>>On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 21:24 -0500, Brian Elliott
Finley wrote:
>>> Carl,
>>>
>>> Images can
be specified as kernel append parameters. Consider a pxe
>>>
menu. See attached as a pxe menu example, and look for local.cfg in
the
>>> documentation directory for a reference on all the
SystemImager
>>> variables you can pass to the autoinstall client as
kernel append
>>> parameters.
>>>
>>> Let us
know how it goes!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
-Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thus
spake Carl Richell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>>> >Hello and thank you
in advance for your advice.
>>>
>
>>> >I am setting up a
SystemImager 3.7.3 server for the imaging of our laptop and desktop line.
We will have about 10 different images. My current plan is something like
this:
>>> >
>>>
>SystemImager Server
>>> >
|
>>> >PXE Boot Clients
>>>
> |
>>> >Prompt to Choose
Installation Image
>>>
>
>>> >I'm stuck on
prompting to choose installation image. How can I accomplish this or is
there a better way altogether?
>>>
>
>>>
>Cheers,
>>>
>
>>> >Carl
Richell
>>> >
>>>
>
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