Robert Kuropkat wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 08:46 -0500, Justin Sherrill wrote: >> Robert Kuropkat wrote: >>> okay, I may be jumping ahead here, but I created a channel and child >>> channel in spacewalk. I was then able to boot from DVD and point it at >>> the kickstart file in spacewalk. I thought this meant I had enough done >>> to create a bootable iso. Cobbler has a buildiso option that I ran and >>> it produced something. But it was on 7M and had no rpms. If I do a >>> cobbler profile list I get the following: >>> >>> [r...@spacewalk isolinux]# cobbler profile list >>> base_rhel_52_x86_32:1:Spacewalk-Public-Cert >>> [r...@spacewalk isolinux]# >>> >>> But when I do cobbler buildiso I get only the following in the iso: >>> >>> [r...@spacewalk kickstart]# ls -lCR >>> .: >>> images isolinux TRANS.TBL >>> >>> ./images: >>> >>> ./isolinux: >>> 1.img boot.cat isolinux.bin menu.c32 >>> 1.krn chain.c32 isolinux.cfg TRANS.TBL >>> [r...@spacewalk kickstart]# >>> >>> I do eventually want to do a PXE boot setup also, but I was stalling on >>> that while I figure out DHCP/DNS in the VirtualBox world. >>> >>> Robert Kuropkat >> Have you tried booting the ISO yet? It shouldn't actually contain any >> rpms just kernels and initrds (which is what 1.krn and 1.img actually is). >> >> -Justin >> >> >> > > Oh, it looks like I misunderstood the process. buildiso just gives a > boot menu that still reaches out to the Spacewalk/PXE server? I thought > it gave a totally disconnected install option, thus rpms and all. >
Ah correct, the ISO only initiates the kickstart (similar to a PXE boot). It still relies on the satellite for all the content. -Justin > Thanks... > > Robert Kuropkat > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list -- Justin Sherrill, RHCA 1801 Varsity Drive. Software Engineer Raleigh, NC 27603 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
