[Spacewalk-list] cobbler buildiso questions

[Justin Sherrill]

Robert Kuropkat wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 08:46 -0500, Justin Sherrill wrote:
>> Robert Kuropkat wrote:
>>> okay, I may be jumping ahead here, but I created a channel and child
>>> channel in spacewalk.  I was then able to boot from DVD and point it at
>>> the kickstart file in spacewalk.  I thought this meant I had enough done
>>> to create a bootable iso.  Cobbler has a buildiso option that I ran and
>>> it produced something.  But it was on 7M and had no rpms.  If I do a
>>> cobbler profile list I get the following:
>>>
>>> [root at spacewalk isolinux]# cobbler profile list
>>> base_rhel_52_x86_32:1:Spacewalk-Public-Cert
>>> [root at spacewalk isolinux]# 
>>>
>>> But when I do cobbler buildiso I get only the following in the iso:
>>>
>>> [root at spacewalk kickstart]# ls -lCR
>>> .:
>>> images  isolinux  TRANS.TBL
>>>
>>> ./images:
>>>
>>> ./isolinux:
>>> 1.img  boot.cat   isolinux.bin  menu.c32
>>> 1.krn  chain.c32  isolinux.cfg  TRANS.TBL
>>> [root at spacewalk kickstart]# 
>>>
>>> I do eventually want to do a PXE boot setup also, but I was stalling on
>>> that while I figure out DHCP/DNS in the VirtualBox world.
>>>
>>> Robert Kuropkat
>> Have you tried booting the ISO yet?  It shouldn't actually contain any
>> rpms just kernels and initrds (which is what 1.krn and 1.img actually is).
>>
>> -Justin
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Oh, it looks like I misunderstood the process.  buildiso just gives a
> boot menu that still reaches out to the Spacewalk/PXE server?  I thought
> it gave a totally disconnected install option, thus rpms and all.
> 

Ah correct, the ISO only initiates the kickstart (similar to a PXE
boot).  It still relies on the satellite for all the content.

-Justin

> Thanks...
> 
> Robert Kuropkat
> 
> 
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