On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Andreas Balg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Grant,
>
> Maybe I just don't get your idea - or maybe you don't get mine. If I make
> a clone of e.g. a CentOS 6 Template - How am I supposed to put the
> corresponding kickstart URLs and other parameters like "ksdevice, ip=dhcp,
> ..." already inside this very template? Why? So Joe average can come along
> double click the CentOS 6 - template and voila - gets his preconfigured
> CentOS-system up and running some minutes afterr.
>

It's clear I'm not understanding what you're trying to accomplish. I don't
use a gui to manage my XCP/Xenserver systems. If you clone the CentOS6
template can you not just edit the template to include the Other:config
options you need? From that point forward it would have those options
correct ? Or do you want there to be templates already with your options
already in them? Still not understanding, sorry.


> According to your setup he'd have to know the URL of the kickstart-file
> and he would have to answer initial questions about the NIC used to
> bootstrap the machine and much more  - this is by no meeans hands-off or
> automatic isn't it - I don't want it that way and I need that already
> predefined in a template - This is exactly what I asked for and what could
> be done with the patch to XenServers eliloader I already included in my
> post.
>

Only if that's the way you set it up. My tutorials are completely
automated. I don't know if you can do the same thing from the GUI or not.


> So my question was: Is there already a way to do this the way I need it or
> do I have to patch eliloader (which is not very nice of course) - Or ask
> for possible inclusion of such a patch or similar thing in XenServer/XCP.
> ...
>
> Your solution - and the (same) way documented in XenServer is allright for
> your needs , but nevermind, not at all for mine as it seems to me right now.
>
> Cheers
> Andreas
>
>
>
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