Here's the line that worked for me.
repo --name=base1 --baseurl=file:///mnt/source/Workstation
I guess you could add VT the same way if you wanted to.
The bandwidth in our other offices (DSL) make it impractical to do a network install,
witch is why I'm so happy with --standalone.
Thanks for your help.
Joe
This is, depending on complexity, a good reason to use "cobbler
replicate" and establish a second cobbler server, mirroring the first,
at the second site.
--Michael
--- On Sun, 5/10/09, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> From: Michael DeHaan <mdehaan(a)redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: standalone
> To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
> Date: Sunday, May 10, 2009, 10:07 AM
> Joe G wrote:
>
>> Just as an update.
>>
>> I think my problem has more to do with the anaconda
>>
> then cobbler.
>
>> What I have been doing is listing all the rpms on the
>>
> dvd individually in the kickstart file, including the rpms
> in the Workstation directory.
>
>> When I do a network install, it works fine because the
>>
> repos are set up and it can get all the files.
>
>> When I try to do a standalone install, with all the
>>
> rpms listed individually, it can not find any of the rpms in
> the Workstation directory. It looks like anaconda is hard
> coded to only look in the Client directory.
>
>>
>>
> Anaconda is not hard coded. I suspect
> you'd have to specify more repo
> directives with "file:///" that reference the extra CD
> content.
> Really the standalone stuff should probably be documented
> that it only
> handles base packages. If this is in a
> office environment, though,
> there's really no reason to not use "cobbler buildiso" in
> normal network
> install mode.
>
>> Thus far I have had trouble setting IP addresses and
>>
> having the installs work, because the machine are to be set
> up in other offices using different network schemes.
>
>>
>>
> This is definitely not a Cobbler problem; you'll probably
> want different
> kickstarts.
>
>
>
>> Thanks for your help. I'll let you know my
>>
> solution when I come up with one.
>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 4/27/09, James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net>
>>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> From: James Cammarata <jimi(a)sngx.net>
>>> Subject: Re: standalone
>>> To: "Joe G" <jophey(a)yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>>> Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 11:16 PM
>>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:19:10 -0700 (PDT), Joe G
>>>
> <jophey(a)yahoo.com>
>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> James,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>>
>>>> The command I use to make the iso is"cobbler
>>>>
> buildiso
>
>>>> --distro=RH5.3client-x86_64 --standalone"
>>>>
>>>> I tried it with --source/path to iso with the
>>>>
> same
>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> result.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Try specifying the --tempdir as well, and after
>>>
> the build
>
>>> is done look at
>>> the contents of that directory. Also make
>>>
> sure that
>
>>> you're using an
>>> official release ISO and not a custom made
>>>
> one. I
>
>>> know we've had issues
>>> with people using custom rolled CD's before.
>>>
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