Matthias Albert wrote: > Hello @all, > > what a great day :-). First, thanks a lot for creating "cobbler". It > is really cool. > Today I got a 100% fully automatic installation for "Debian Lenny" > started/running :-). 5 days ago, I tested it with CentoS 5.2 and it > worked like a charm. So today, my goal was to do the same with Debian - > > and it works really well. > > Because I had some trouble at the beginning, I thought it is a great > idea to tell others what I did to get this setup running. > > ---snip--- > Hardware/Distri Deployer: > - Virtualbox Image > - Fedora 10 i386 > - with cobbler 1.4.3 > > Test Environment: > - Virtualbox Images using PXE boot (internal Virtualbox network) > > > # required steps on the cobbler Host > Get Debian > - Debian-Lenny-CD1.iso from debian.org > (e.g. > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-500-i386-CD-1.iso) > - mini.iso from debian.org > (e.g. > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso) > > # Creating directories and mounting the iso images > mkdir -p /mnt/debian-lenny > mkdir -p /mnt/debian-lenny-mini > > mount -o loop /path/debian-lenny-cd5.iso /mnt/debian-lenny > mount -o loop /path/debian-mini.iso /mnt/debian-lenny-mini > > # Importing both debian images to cobbler > cobbler import --name="debian-5.0" --mirror=/mnt/debian-lenny -- > rsync-flags="--quiet" > cobbler import --name="debian-5.0-mini" --mirror=/mnt/debian-lenny- > mini --rsync-flags="--quiet" > > # Unmounting iso images > umount /mnt/debian-lenny > umount /mnt/debian-lenny-mini > > # Create new initrd.gz file > # With the default initrd.gz from the netboot image (mini.iso) I had > some troubles with > # the hard disc detection (missing ide_generic; ide_disc; libata > module and so on) > > mkdir -p /tmp/lenny_initrd > mkdir -p /tmp/mini_initrd > cd /tmp/lenny_initrd > zcat /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/debian-5.0/install.386/initrd.gz | > cpio -iv > cd /tmp/mini_initrd > zcat /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/debian-5.0-mini/initrd.gz | cpio -iv > cp -a /tmp/lenny_initrd/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-486/kernel/drivers/ata > lib/modules/2.6.26-1-486/kernel/drivers > cp -a /tmp/lenny_initrd/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ > * lib/modules/2.6.26-1-486/kernel/drivers/ide/ > > # package new initrd.gz file > find . | cpio --quiet -H newc --create | gzip > /tmp/initrd.gz > cd /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/debian-5.0-mini/ > mv initrd.gz initrd.gz.orig > mv /tmp/initrd.gz . > > > # Edit new created debian image and replace/set new kernel/initrd > # and other relevant informations > cobbler distro edit --name="debian-5.0" --kernel="/var/www/cobbler/ > ks_mirror/debian-5.0-mini/linux" --initrd=/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ > debian-5.0-mini/initrd.gz --kopts="lang=de_DE local=de_DE > interface=auto hostname=auto domain=auto priority=critical console- > keymaps=at/keymap=de" > > # Create a preseeding file for debian lenny (a german version can be > downloaded here) > # http://www.ma-c.de/cobbler/lenny.seed > > cp lenny.seed to /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/ > > # Edit debian profile and specify preseeding file > cobbler profile edit --name="debian-5.0-i386" --kickstart="/var/lib/ > cobbler/kickstarts/lenny.seed" > > # sync cobbler > cobbler sync > > # Start your client systems with booting from PXE and enjoy a fully > automatic installation with Debian Lenny (powered by cobbler -> of > course :-) ) > # Feedback is very welcome. > ---snap--- > > Best wishes from Germany, > > Matthias > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
Thanks for sharing! Does anyone else doing Debian installs have comments? Process seems a bit long, which makes me think "cobbler import" could do more heavy lifting to make this easier? (Anyone want to try to come up with more streamlined steps) Failing that, we should definitely put up these instructions on the Wiki for those that want to do it. However it does strike me as exceptionally long as compared to the RHEL/Fedora workflow, leading me to believe there's more to be done. Thoughts? Haven't really tried this myself but I'm more than willing to enable the development of the feature. --Michael _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
