[Spacewalk-list] Interactive install using Spacewalk/Cobbler

[Velayutham, Prakash]

Hi,

Looks like whatever kickstart options I select from the Spacewalk wizard, at the boot time of the client system, cobbler (or spacewalk, not sure which one) seems to generate the final kickstart file based on this template and that is what seems to override the interactive and other options which I do not wish to have. And, there is no real way to avoid this.

The work around at this point is to disassociate the kickstart file from the profile by doing

cobbler profile edit --name=<name> --kickstart=""

Once this is done, the booted system goes through a full regular interactive install. This is not ideal, though, because I would like to have a mix of pre-defined options (for software selection, or partitioning scheme etc) which I can't currently. It is all or nothing. If there is a way to get what I want, I am all ears.

Hope this helps someone else.

Thanks,
Prakash

On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Velayutham, Prakash wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I figured out a way to do this. Will send more details soon.
> 
> Prakash
> 
> On Aug 31, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Jan Hutař wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:21:48 +0000 "Velayutham, Prakash"
>> <Prakash.Velayutham at cchmc.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Jan Hutař wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 03:08:15 +0000 "Velayutham, Prakash"
>>>> <Prakash.Velayutham at cchmc.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> In some instances I want to perform an interactive install
>>>>> of OS but still want to use the PXE/DHCP setup that
>>>>> Spacewalk/Cobbler provides. Is this possible? If yes, what
>>>>> options do I enable for this to work in the Kickstart
>>>>> generation page?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Prakash
>>>> 
>>>> I have not tried, but you can try to:
>>>> Kickstart Details -> Advanced Options -> interactive (check
>>>> this)
>>>> 
>>>> Is it working for you?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jan
>>> 
>>> Hi Jan,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the response. I tried that, but it does not work.
>>> For some reason, it goes through partitioning, software
>>> selection etc. screens without any interaction. Also, I cannot
>>> seem to get the GUI installation even though I have that
>>> checkbox checked in the "Advanced Options". Any thoughts?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Prakash
>> 
>> Huh. OK, so either ask Anaconda developers if this is expected
>> and if there is a way to workaround it (some kernel option which
>> forces this mode), or try if cobbler can prepare new profiles
>> for you:
>> 
>> # cobbler profile add -h
>> 
>> Not sure if it would be possible to use Spacewalk channels as
>> repos for installation :-/
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Jan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jan Hutar     Systems Management QA
>> jhutar at redhat.com     Red Hat, Inc.
> 
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