Re: [CentOS-docs] Request for Wiki edit permission - booting into kickstart from all-in-one USB flash drive
hans...@gmail.com wrote: ... Thanks for the offer Phil. Sorry I'm a noob to the process, specifically how do you suggest we work together on this documentation? Are you proposing we email back and forth, and if so, do you mean here within the list or privately? If the CentOS wiki works like others, I'd think the most efficient way would be to just give me edit access and then you can feel free to edit/re-organize my contributions as you see fit. I'd be happy to start off with the structure you've suggested, but I'm sure you/we'll want to tweak it as we move forward and I've no problem with that. A combination would probably be ideal - agree on an approach on-list then proceed with Wiki editing. Do you like the idea of suggesting the LiveCD image rather than the net install? Lots of advantages and no disadvantages that I can think of. . . Not quite sure where that's coming from. This Wiki page is specifically target at people who need to install from USB without a network. As far as disadvantages of the LiveCD - it's a lot to download if you only want to do a netinstall, so both options could be mentioned wherever it is discussed/recommended. Re testing, I've just been keeping a log as I actually try things out. Re slipstreaming, search on NOVI + repository, there's a good set of articles hosted on ORA. My notes on maintaining a local repository and building custom/slipstreamed installation ISOs are pretty well fleshed-out now if you could suggest a location for them I'd be happy to post them. That would be of interest, and as I said earlier, seems a good candidate for a separate Wiki article. Phil P.S. Would be nice if you used an email client that handled quoting properly in replies. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
Re: [CentOS-docs] Request for Wiki edit permission - booting into kickstart from all-in-one USB flash drive
hans...@gmail.com wrote: I'm currently testing a process very similar to that found here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey And would like to update that doc with my observations once confirmed. Would be glad to work with you on the USB install procedure[s]. Sounds like what you are proposing goes considerably beyond the original approach (which I have not yet found time to test). Might be best to have multiple articles or sub-pages to avoid trying to cover too many variations in one page. Here's a possible structure. Limit the current page to basic install from USB without kickstart or other variations, create subpages for kickstart options, other customizations such as your slipstream-updated install (news to me - will have to look at that - might rate an independent page), and possibly other variants. Regards, Phil ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
[CentOS-docs] Request for Wiki edit permission - booting into kickstart from all-in-one USB flash drive
I'm currently testing a process very similar to that found here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey And would like to update that doc with my observations once confirmed. Preliminary notes (not all relevant to that specific WikiPage - suggestions for where to put the non-kickstart info? First boot partition on USB is FAT32 and uses GRUB to chainload to the second ext2 partition, which contains the LiveCD image. Choice to boot into a CentOS 5.3 LiveUSB environment or launch a kickstart install. The ext2 partition also contains a customized version of the installation DVD - slipstream-updated via novi, custom repodata.xml from OrangeJEOS for minimal install. Kickstart file resides in first FAT partition so can tweak from any OS. So far so good, much faster than DVD - total time from menu to reboot is 3 minutes, and don't have to burn a disc every time I update the custom ISO. LiveCD environment a bonus - too bad no persistence. No data corruption problems so far - using a 32GB SanDisk Cruzer Contour - very fast and seems solid. Sidenote - I find it very odd that I have to even build an ISO - why can't Anaconda/Kickstart just let me boot the DVD install image via USB and see the repo as it does when from disk - rename cdrom method to local (=same medium as booted from), or alternatively let the harddrive method see the raw repo rather than only being able to unpack an ISO. Will be checking out GRUB4DOS to allow booting directly into ISO images so can easily add options to launch GParted/Parted Magic, Clonezilla, SystemRescueCD, maybe even UBCD, Hiren's, custom BartPE's? Could just add new partitions, but launching directly into the ISO seems easier to maintain and cleaner from a filesystem POV. ___ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
