Re: About cobbler

2012-01-20 Thread Javier Domingo
I was making my own "cobbler" version. Just with (ubuntu) packages: - apt-cacher-ng (alternatives are worst) because it is the only one fully functional, that nowadays work and it is just for that. Doesn't give any extra service - bootp and tftpd: I find them *quite* easy to configure, and they ha

Re: About cobbler

2012-01-20 Thread Michael DeHaan
Sorry you have been having problems. Cobbler was originally developed to support Fedora, Red Hat, and CentOS -- and SLES came along later. Both are pretty simple. Debian/Ubuntu support is more recent but not exactly that old either. Previously it was added and then removed because various

About cobbler

2012-01-20 Thread Javier Domingo
Hi, I have been trying to use cobbler, and didn't succeed, so I am coming here. My main idea was to develop a system, that having a central computer, was able to leave blank with all the packages installed when needed. I started searching about all the stuff I could use, and the most similar thin

Can I build a standalone ISO with update (repo) RPM's included?

2012-01-20 Thread Matt Solnit
Hi everyone. I'm using Cobbler 2.0.11 (from the EPEL repository), and trying to build a complete standalone ISO for distributing our custom Linux setup to customers. The ISO will be used to create DVD's that we will ship to them. The problem is that the "standalone" ISO seems to only contain

Re: cobbler reposync ?

2012-01-20 Thread Greg Swift
We also use reposync regularly with latest EPEL release and it works fine. On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:39, Corey Kovacs wrote: > Works fine for me. How did you set your repository up? > On Jan 20, 2012 9:26 AM, "Dick Davies" > wrote: > >> Does cobbler reposync work for anybody else? >> >> seems

Re: cobbler reposync ?

2012-01-20 Thread Corey Kovacs
Works fine for me. How did you set your repository up? On Jan 20, 2012 9:26 AM, "Dick Davies" wrote: > Does cobbler reposync work for anybody else? > > seems it can only sync repos that match the major os version and > architecture > of the server running cobbler. It's been like this for a while

cobbler reposync ?

2012-01-20 Thread Dick Davies
Does cobbler reposync work for anybody else? seems it can only sync repos that match the major os version and architecture of the server running cobbler. It's been like this for a while (we're on the EPEL latest of cobbler) but it's starting to be a real pain. Just wondered if it was a known iss

Snippet not working with per_system confiugration

2012-01-20 Thread Mueller, Roland
Hi I'm trying to use a sepearte Partition configuration for each system with the seed file. It works if its in /var/cobbler/snippets/partition_layout but if I put it into /var/cobbler/snippets/per_system/partition_layout/hostname then it just appears $SNIPPET('partition_layout') when I open the

Re: distro add not working

2012-01-20 Thread Michael DeHaan
> > Maybe asking for too much here :-) but It would be great if the files > and directories managed by cobbler were documented somewhere, so that > cobbler newbies can get a better idea. > > They are https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/wiki/File%20System%20Information > > -- > siddharth.

Re: distro add not working

2012-01-20 Thread Siddharth Deshpande
On Wednesday 18 January 2012 08:17 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: # ls /var/www/cobbler/images/CentOS-6.2-x86_64/initrd.img ls: /var/www/cobbler/images/CentOS-6.2-x86_64/initrd.img: No such file or directory I even tried placing these files there manually when i was doing a 'distro add', but 'cobble