Hi Uwe, On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Uwe Gansert wrote:
> On 25.04.2012 13:12, Velayutham, Prakash wrote: > >> I have 2 questions. Hopefully someone here can answer. >> >> 1. Is there a way to generate a kickstart for a SLES-based system using the >> "Create new kickstart profile" option? I have tried to do this several >> times, but the Kickstart file never gets generated as it is expecting >> several packages (pyOpenSSL, spacewalk-koan etc.) to be in one of the child >> channels for the kickstart to work, and none of these packages indeed exist >> for SLES (they are named differently). > > no, that's not possible yet. You can only upload AutoYaST files at the moment. > There are plans to add a wizard for AutoYaST too but that will take a while. Let me know if/when you have something to test. > >> 2. Alternatively, I am trying to upload a working AutoYast file via the >> kickstart uploader, but the "Kernel Options" and the "Post Kernel Options" >> boxes have size limitations (probably 64 characters). The same boxes have a >> size of 1024 when using the "Create a new kickstart profile" option, but not >> using the "Upload new kickstart file". > > that's a known bug that I fixed a while ago for SUSE Manager. > I'll check if I forgot to send that patch upstream and in case I did forget, > I'll send it ASAP. Thanks for the quick response. 2 questions. 1. If you do send it upstream, do you know if it will make it back into 1.6 or is it going to be just 1.7 that gets it? 2. Is there a way the uploaded file can take variables (for hostname, network etc.)? > -- > ciao, Uwe Gansert Thanks, Prakash _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list
