On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Andreas Balg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everybody, > > I just tried to get a hands off auto-installation-template up and running > on XCP 1.6(still beta1) - But I'm wondering how I might pass those basic > extra arguments to the installer-image using eliloader > > e.g. in pxeconf I'd say something like: > > KERNEL installer/centos/6/i386/vmlinuz > APPEND initrd=installer/centos/6/i386/initrd.img ip=dhcp > ksdevice=eth0 noipv6 ks= > http://mirror.ournet.com/clavis/kickstart/centos/6./i386/basesystem.cfg > > I tried to stuff the Kickstart-parameters "ip=dhcp ksdevice=eth0 noipv6 ks= > http://mirror.ournet.com/kickstart/centos/6.3/i386/basesystem.cfg"; in > PV-args of the Template - but as expected, for the first time the installer > runs eliloader.py It does not seem to take those into account but replace > it with it's autogenerated stuff. > > Is there another way I do not understand how I am supposed to do this in > XCP 1.6 or would I have to make something like the patch for eliloader.py > below > introducing yet another "other-config" as I did in the experimenetal patch > below (which works for me - but I'd rather prefer not to patch the > hypervisor-scripts for my needs ...) > > Why aren't you just putting the network information in the kickstart file? I have several automated install tutorials for XCP http://grantmcwilliams.com/tech/virtualization/xcp-howtos Grant McWilliams http://grantmcwilliams.com/ Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use Windows." Now they have two problems.
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