-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ghislain Bourgeois wrote:
> At my job, I designed a system we call Pullstart that we use to install Gentoo servers. I'm basically building what I call a "stage-4", which is simply a stage3 updated, with the packages we want added to it and a generic kernel built with genkernel. It is made available through a tarball on a web server and I have a simple script generated by web-based configuration utility to install it on the server and configure it for the machine (partitionning, networking, etc...). The only thing you need to run the script is to have a basic linux system running, which you can get with a livecd or a floppy like tomslinux (sorry, I forgot the exact name...). Of course, I have an NDA and the scripts all belong to the company, so I can't make it available, but you can build yourself something similar. > Well, thanks for the tip. But for one, I wasn't really planning to spend *that* much time fussing about it. The focus is something else entirely, and I don't have the time to dedicate to designing my own system. I totally understand the NDA/company proprietary info, etc., etc., so I appreciate the pointer. I've set up Solaris Jumpstart for Solaris installations in the past. And, ironically enough, this project is using gentoo-sparc. Jumpstart is relatively easy to configure, I just didn't know if there might be an equivalent for gentoo. I checked for both JumpStart and KixStart (I've seen KixStart ported to other distros even though it's a RedHat package) by running `emerge search jumpstart` and got bupkus. Also, one inherent flaw with your suggestion is the requirement of a livecd. I know you mentioned floppy, but these are SPARC boxen and I doubt I could fit all the drivers/commands/etc. on a floppy, and one doesn't even have a floppy. Thus the necessity for a network boot situation. I appreciate the response though. > -- > Ghislain Bourgeois > --- > Linux System administrator > > On 2/17/06, *gentuxx* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I've got a little amateur project that I'm working on, and I'm running > into some difficulty. The most immediate problem I'm having, is that > I want to put gentoo on one of my systems, but they don't have a > CDROM. (These are old boxes.) So, my question, simply enough, is > there a JumpStart or KixStart equivalent in gentoo? I.e. tftp boot, > that'll download the install image, etc.? > > TIA > > -- > gentux > echo "hfouvyAdpy/ofu" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' > > gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A > 6996 0993 - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org> mailing list - -- gentux echo "hfouvyAdpy/ofu" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 34CE 2E97 40C7 EF6E EC40 9795 2D81 924A 6996 0993 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD9rZ8LYGSSmmWCZMRAkU5AKDNfs9NcL1SOMRdOC9ZO5YpCUoIFQCeJxCe WCtWdPeoaf8q05nHZc8U9DQ= =IwrC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
