You can achieve what you want by using distro add and then profile
add.
"distro add" requires kernel= and initrd= to be on the local filesystem.
Remember what I was asking:
> I'd like to add the distro (CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso)
but I don't want to copy the contents over.
Is this possible or do I need to run cobbler on my distro/repo server
(has lots of disk).
That doesn't really make cobbler flexible.
My guess is I just don't understand something.
Thank you,
Paul
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Jeff Schroeder<jeffschroed(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Paul Company<pjcster(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On "myserver1" I mounted CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso on /media and
> NFS exported /media.
> I also make /media available via Apache -
http://myserver1/media/
>
> Then I ran the following on "myserver2", which has cobbler installed.
>
> # mkdir -p /distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64
> # cobbler import --path=/distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64 --arch=x86_64
> --name=CentOS-5.3-x86_64 \
> --available-as=nfs://myserver1:/media
> or
> # cobbler import --path=/distros/CentOS-5.3/x86_64 --arch=x86_64
> --name=CentOS-5.3-x86_64 \
> --available-as=http://myserver1/media
>
> I get the following output:
>
> ---------------- (adding distros)
> ---------------- (associating kickstarts)
>
> But, when I run the following:
>
> # cobbler list
>
> There's no output!!!!
> Isn't this supposed to make the distro available for use?
>
> I'd like to add the distro (CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso) but I don't
> want to copy the contents over.
> Seems like "import" only works if things get copied locally?
> Can cobbler work without having the distro locally on the cobbler server?
"cobbler import" is currently just a pretty wrapper around "cobbler
distro add" and "cobbler profile add". You can achieve what you want
by using distro add and then profile add. It isn't quite as magical as
"cobbler import" but this comes up a lot.
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Jeff Schroeder
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