On Fri, 2011-06-03 at 09:16 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm trying to build a hard drive auto installation script but have a puzzle on the several methods of locating repo.
As we know, there are at least 3 ways to locate the iso image:
- add the boot argument 'askmethod', then choose the location when
anaconda prompts, like: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestCases/InstallSourceHardDrive 2. add the boot argument 'repo=hd:<device>:/<path>', like: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options#repo 3. write the repo location into kickstart file, like: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#install 4. add the repo graphically (this method does not support using iso file), like: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Ftp_Repository
Can someone tell me that are these methods the same to anaconda, and if they are different, which one can be treat as the third one(kickstart method)?
Thanks!
Hello twu,
I'm not sure I understood the question. How is it related to AutoQA? Maybe this should go to 'test' or 'anaconda' mailing list instead?
I recommended to Tao that he reach out for automation guidance here (and with anaconda-devel@). Thankfully clumens is a member of this list, and can offer guidance from both angles. The work Hongqing and Tao are doing with installation automation will be scheduled/managed by autotest, and integrated with AutoQA. My hope is that Hongqing and Tao can learn from folks more familiar with AutoQA internals ... and also share progress on their automation efforts.
I suppose that Anaconda developers are the best candidates for answering the equality/inequality of different install methods.
Your right, in the event questions/comments are more specific to the nature of how anaconda behaves ... anaconda-devel@ might be more appropriate in those cases.
Thanks, James