petermity <[email protected]> wrote: >Scott Henson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:59:51 -0800, petermity <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Scott Henson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:37:23 -0800, petermity <[email protected]> >>> >wrote: >>> >> When $enable_menu is false for a profile, it would be nice for >>> >> "cobbler profile list" and "cobbler list" to indicate or filter >>> >> out hidden ones. >>> >> >>> >> It could be indicated by " [hidden]" or an asterisk or something >>> >> following the profile name. >>> >> >>> >> Or hidden ones could be filtered out, via a settings entry and/or >>> >> a command-line option to override the current setting to show or >>> >> not show them. >>> > >>> >I'm not sure I see the point in this. Could you explain why you want that? >>> >>> I would like to know what will be listed on the PXE boot menu, >>> without having to actually go to the lab to boot a target, or >>> look at each profile's dumpvars or report to see if it is >>> menu-enabled or not. >>> >>> Also, it just reduces clutter - you see what's pertinent. >>> >>> I don't want to delete the default profiles created by import, or >>> some of my test profiles, because they are useful for reference >>> and occasional use. >> >>I see. I would normally suggest using 'cobbler profile find', but that >>doesn't seem to work for some reason. I'll track that down. >> >>As for what you are requesting, it sounds like a decent idea. I don't >>think it would be hard to do. Patches gladly accepted for this.
Sorry, I don't know Python. I submitted an issue on this: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ticket/659 >As an alternate solution, a simple way to view the active entries >in the menu could be implemented. I did a crude one-line script >as a start: > >grep "MENU LABEL" /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default | sed 's/ >MENU LABEL//' > > >Related to this, I've learned more about PXE boot menus. An >option for each menu entry, at least with menu.c32, within a >LABEL section, is to have a MENU HIDE setting. > >For my purposes, it would be better to have $enable_menu put in >or take away the MENU HIDE line. That way, little-used profiles >are not cluttering up the menu, yet are still present so can be >selected by typing in their name. > >Perhaps this won't work for others - if so, maybe a separate >$hide_menu could be added. I submitted an enhancement issue on the above: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ticket/658 _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
