Hi Pat,

First, thanks for the great work and especially for new release yesterday!
What i'm going to do is changing the code that you could run the entire
unattended installation from a CD/DVD if no server is available. But without
breaking the normal server-based installation process!
The basic idea:
i) changing isolinux.cfg that a prompt will be displayed and default boot
option is localboot
ii) changing the master script:
  - When it asks for the servershare you can also type something like
/dev/hdd where hdd is your cd-drive.
  - If a device is given it will be mounted to z instead of the servershare
iii) changing mapznrun.bat that it will use the cd-drive

What I need to test the changes is an isofs.ko module to mount the cd. I
would be happy if you can send me one, so I dont have to get all the sources
and recompile the whole linuxboot. The needed (for ide, scsi comes later)
ide-cd module is at the share, so I can copy it manually for testing
purposes.

Besides only some small changes are needed, for example that teh
master-script dies if no dhcp-lease is found. If I dont run into severe
problems it would be sufficient to provide a script that unpacks the
linuxboot.iso, changes isolinux.cfg and the master script (if the changes
are not already included) and creates a new isoimage with the install
directory included.

If someone else is interested in this I would be pleased to get some
comments and ideas!


Thanks,
Moritz




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