Re: Anyone got some cheese to go with this whine ? :) Build-ISO problems in search of a solution

2012-01-17 Thread Dan White
: While you do it, could you take notes of the things you had to do, and consider writing them up into a How to article for the wiki? -- David Lee Dan White wrote: This looks hopeful. I will try it and let you know ! On Jan 16, 2012, at 6:27 AM, Stuart Sears wrote: Hi Dan

Re: Anyone got some cheese to go with this whine ? :) Build-ISO problems in search of a solution

2012-01-16 Thread Dan White
This looks hopeful. I will try it and let you know ! On Jan 16, 2012, at 6:27 AM, Stuart Sears wrote: Hi Dan, responses below... On 13/01/12 21:20, Dan White wrote: [...] It asks me to pick the NIC to run from. These servers have 4 built-in ethernet ports. I found that a bit surprising

Anyone got some cheese to go with this whine ? :) Build-ISO problems in search of a solution

2012-01-13 Thread Dan White
First, I have something to contribute before I start whining -- I found a workflow for RHEL 5 to get a cobbler generated build ISO onto a USB flash drive Install LiveCD-Tools ( yum install livecd-tools ) Partition the USB thumb with : fdisk /dev/sdb Delete all partitions and then make one

Feature Request / Minor Bug Grumble: Web Interface: Profile Edit Page

2011-12-14 Thread Dan White
I would like the Repos list on the profile editing page to be wider or width-adjustable. The names of most of my repos are wider than the window and I cannot see the whole name to properly select it. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is

buildiso USB ?

2011-11-22 Thread Dan White
Did anyone ever come up with a reliable recipe for making a bootable USB-stick from a generated.iso ? If so, I could use it. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin Hobbes)

Re: buildiso USB ?

2011-11-22 Thread Dan White
-to-disk available from the livecd-tools rpm? Cheers, Lars 2011/11/22 Dan White y...@comcast.net: Did anyone ever come up with a reliable recipe for making a bootable USB-stick from a generated.iso ? If so, I could use it. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists

Weird Kickstart Problem In Search of a Clue

2011-11-10 Thread Dan White
I have set up a cobbler server to kickstart/build HP ProLiant boxen of various flavors with RHEL5 I have a particularly stubborn DL380 G5 that refuses to be PXE-booted/net-installed I suspect a FUBAR from the guy that manages the DNS/DHCP, but I need more evidence. When it tries to PXE-boot,

Re: Cobbler RHN mirror + registered system does not play well together

2011-10-29 Thread Dan White
PM, James Cammarata j...@sngx.net wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: And you have at least one field volunteer to test any fixes ! On Oct 28, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Greg Swift wrote: On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 17:20, James Cammarata j...@sngx.net wrote

Re: [Pulp-list] N00b: Pulp and Cobbler ?

2011-10-27 Thread Dan White
- Greg Swift gregsw...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 20:40, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: On Oct 26, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Greg Swift wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 19:06, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: So, if I understand the patterns (I'm new to using producer

Re: [Pulp-list] N00b: Pulp and Cobbler ?

2011-10-27 Thread Dan White
It was getting too long, so I trimmed back to the last response. Before I start, I want to thank you for taking some of your time to respond to my questions. I was beginning to think Cobbler was an abandoned orphan child ! - Greg Swift gregsw...@gmail.com wrote: I think i get what is

Re: [Pulp-list] N00b: Pulp and Cobbler ?

2011-10-26 Thread Dan White
accomplish this, but cobbler would still need a source for the kernel and initrd in the PXE environment to be defined in the profile.. I cross posted this to the cobbler list. -greg On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:59, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: So how then do I mix the two ? “Sometimes I

Re: [Pulp-list] N00b: Pulp and Cobbler ?

2011-10-26 Thread Dan White
On Oct 26, 2011, at 8:36 PM, Greg Swift wrote: On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 19:06, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: So, if I understand the patterns (I'm new to using producer/consumer patterns), I set up a Pulp Server to manage the mirror-repositories (producer) and point the Cobbler Server

Corrupt/missing RPM's - how to repair ?

2011-08-11 Thread Dan White
Trying to PXE-boot/install systems, I hit a virtual brick wall due to a missing or corrupt RPM Lacking any clue, I deleted all references to the offending package from my cobbler-server, resync-ed and I am now running a cobbler reposync in the hopes that the offender will get replaced. Did I

Where are Advanced Snippets ?

2011-07-29 Thread Dan White
According to https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/KickstartSnippets#AdvancedSnippets, I should be able to cascade snippets with per_system, per_profile, and per_distro. I spent the last two days pounding my head against the keyboard to get this to work on my system -- without success. So I