Hi all,
I've been trying to use preseeding [1] to automate installations of Debian-
based VMs. I'd been using an HTTP server to provide the configuration file,
but then found the following feature in the virt-tools changelog:
"New virt-install --initrd-inject option, which enables installation
Two things I should have mentioned, to corroborate my patch:
On 21 October 2010 23:02, Martin Ellis wrote:
> I had a look at the patch that introduced this feature [2], and noticed
> that it was using cpio -c when repacking the initrd.
The -c option corresponds to the 'odc' format:
http://info2ht
On 10/22/2010 05:39 AM, Martin Ellis wrote:
> Two things I should have mentioned, to corroborate my patch:
>
> On 21 October 2010 23:02, Martin Ellis wrote:
>> I had a look at the patch that introduced this feature [2], and noticed
>> that it was using cpio -c when repacking the initrd.
>
> The -
On 22 October 2010 14:14, Cole Robinson wrote:
> Thanks for the patch, I'll give it a spin. What distro are you testing with?
Cool, thanks.
I'm testing with an Ubuntu 10.04 host, installing a Debian 'Lenny' VM.
Martin
___
virt-tools-list mailing list
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:02:41PM +0100, Martin Ellis wrote:
[...]
Kickstart is the anaconda-equivalent of preseeding.
> I've been trying to use preseeding [1] to automate installations of
> Debian-based VMs.
> [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apb.html
Another way to do this is w
On 22 October 2010 19:38, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Another way to do this is with guestfish or virt-make-fs.
Thanks! I wasn't aware of these programs at all.
I think for preseeding, though, I prefer the initrd injection because
that way the installer sees a completely bare (virtual) system.
On 10/21/2010 06:02 PM, Martin Ellis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to use preseeding [1] to automate installations of Debian-
> based VMs. I'd been using an HTTP server to provide the configuration file,
> but then found the following feature in the virt-tools changelog:
>
> "New virt-i
