Jörgen Maas wrote:
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Mann, Owen
<owen.m...@interactivedata.com> wrote:
My 2cents: I never had a problem with switching profiles. But I thought - and correct me if I'm
wrong - rescue-mode for RHEL is just a matter of adding "rescue" to the " Kernel
Options " field.
You are right.
If that is right, then it is only partially right. It is sometimes
(including our site) not right.
Our cobbler set-up (2.0.11) has a couple of distros and a couple of
profiles. In normal operation we explicitly add each and every system,
and the network install goes straight through, without prompting for
anything anywhere. That's good for normal re-install operations. But
not for rescue!
Putting "rescue" in the "Kernel Options" field doesn't seem to have any
effect at all: it re-installs. Ouch! I've even tried (as a test) going
to "/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/" and editing the file corresponding to the
MAC address, changing "prompt 0" to "prompt 1", replacing most of
"append initrd=..." so it only has the "initrd" clause and a "rescue".
No... it still boots straight through (i.e. installs) and doesn't go to
rescue and doesn't give any prompts.
I see that the "kickstarts" directory contains a "pxerescue.ks". That
looks promising. But if it is part of the answer, what are the missing
parts of the answer? And where is the documentation that fully
describes the complete answer?
Could those voting against the proposed "--rescue-mode=true" provide a
working, and tested, recipe of the steps to achieve this, please?
Please, please, can we think "beginner"; think "simple"; think
"documentation".
Thanks.
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