If you are still trying to understand what to do or how something
works,
ask a question along those lines, and we'll answer it.
On the "how something works" front:
I see value in supporting the following:
# cobbler distro add --kernel=http://path/to/vmlinuz
--initrd=http://path/to/initrd.img --name=foo
This command would copy vmlinuz and initrd.img in the correct places
under /tftpboot making them available for PXE booting.
It would allow people to use machines on the Internet (via http)
instead of being forced to copy things locally (via NFS or other
means). Have you ever tried to NFS mount something from a remote
machine on the Internet? Doesn't work.
ON the "what to do" front:
I currently have this issue at work, where our distros (vmlinuz &
initrd.img) are available via http but they are not available via NFS
(and will never be).
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Michael DeHaan<mdehaan(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 07/06/2009 06:30 PM, Paul Company wrote:
cobbler would still have to copy the file locally for tftp to work.
Yes, I get that.
So cobbler uses http to copy things over instead of NFS.
http is better than NFS in the context of availabilty.
You're no longer dependent on NFS.
I think that's a really really good thing. No?
Paul
I don't understand where you are going with this thread, but it has been
spelled out:
* you don't have to use cobbler import, you can use cobbler distro add if
you don't like what import does for you
* Anaconda supports http, ftp, and nfs:// URLs -- you are welcome to use any
of these
* Cobbler uses HTTP by default, and this is what "cobbler import --name=foo
--path=/mount/point" will make things available as
* Your kernel and initrd files but be on a filesystem somewhere because we
have to copy them for various things including TFTP.
I don't see the behavior of import changing as a result of this thread --
this feature has been around a long while and seems to meet most everyone's
requirements, so let's not speculate on that.
If you are still trying to understand what to do or how something works, ask
a question along those lines, and we'll answer it.
--Michael
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