On 06/29/2009 06:26 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> On 06/29/2009 04:55 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: >> >> >>> Robert L Cochran wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 06/29/2009 10:25 AM, Michael DeHaan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> I should have used >>>>>> >>>>>> cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/fedorainstall --name=Fedora11 >>>>>> --arch=i386 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Don't do this. Use either a mounted DVD or an rsync mirror. >>>>> >>>>> --Michael >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I'm a little confused. That path is indeed a mounted DVD...it's loop >>>> mounted to /var/www/html/fedorainstall. Am I still doing this wrong? >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Are you sure? Why would you mount a DVD under /var/www/html and not /mnt ? >>> >>> >>> >> Oh, I see. Well if you mount the DVD under the web server's document >> root, like this: >> >> mount -o loop /home/rlc/Download/Fedora-11-i386/Fedora-11-i386-DVD.iso >> /var/www/html/fedorainstall >> >> Then of course you can install Fedora 11 to a machine over the network, >> using the "medialess install" method discussed in the Fedora 11 >> installation guide. >> > > If you are using Cobbler, the whole purpose of such an application to do > network installs, you should be using cobbler's instructions and not the > Fedora 11 media guide. > Just go with the Cobbler documentation. > > >> Also you can see a list of files and access the >> entire document tree of the DVD and download those files over http if >> you use this method. The Cobbler wiki simply suggests loop mounting the >> DVD, the wiki doesn't say where exactly to mount it on. So I mounted it >> on /var/www/html/fedorainstall as I was accustomed to, then I fed >> cobbler this incantation: >> >> >> > The import command will copy the content into web-readable space. It > uses /var/www/cobbler, in fact, and already has Apache configured to > serve content up out of this location. > > It also offers up numerous other services, such as a dynamic kickstart > templating engine, that are served dynamically, not out of files. > Anyway, the point of Cobbler is to be glue > around things you need to do for installation purposes, so you don't > need to know how to set those things up yourself.... this is one of > those things. > > > >> cobbler import --path=/var/www/html/fedorainstall --name=Fedora11 --arch=i386 >> >> and that did indeed seem to generate quite a lot of cobbler output to the >> terminal. I can post screenshots or logfiles if those exist of what I'm >> talking about if I'm still being confusing. >> >> >> > > It posts a lot of output because it's creating the network accessible > copy of the tree for you. IMHO it's not a good idea to leave ISOs > mounted in webroot. That all being said, where you mounted it is > unimportant, your import probably worked fine, in which case you can > unmount it and will be good to go. > > >> Bob > Okay, thanks. No I am not following the Fedora Installation Guide in order to set up cobbler -- although it might be a good idea to have a chapter on cobbler in that guide. I mentioned the guide to explain why I mounted the DVD on the web server's document root. I simply picked that mount point, /var/www/html/fedorainstall because it is a habitual mount point I use and the cobbler instructions didn't specify a mount point for the `cobbler import --path[...] action.
You might want to take a look at this web page I put up that shows more detail about what I am seeing over here and what the log messages are saying. Like you say, I am pretty sure that the cobbler import statement worked properly. http://www.greenbeltcomputer.biz/cobbler_import_v1.html Many thanks and I apologise if I'm confusing you and others. Bob _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
