redhat "rescue mode"?

Greg Swift gregswift at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 16:43:12 UTC 2011


I realize it makes re-enabling the feature more complicated but I'd like to
throw my hat in with the --rescue-mode=true style of use instead of
changing profiles.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 08:28, David Lee <David.Lee at ecmwf.int> wrote:

> Thanks, Michael.  I filed a ticket (#14) on 7 December.  Joergen Mass is
> also interested in this topic.
>
> My personal view, following a brief discussion with Joergen, remains that
> we ought to view this primarily from the angle of "keep it simple and
> well-documented for the average end-user".  We shouldn't have to tell the
> user to set up new profiles or any such techno-geekery.  If such things
> have to happen "under the covers", then the typical user should not need to
> know about it.  If it /really/ is necessary for the end-user to have to do
> it, then first of all we need to write accurate, clear, unambiguous
> documentation, then implement what the documentation says.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
> -- David Lee
>
> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>> Filing a ticket in github (github.com/cobbler/cobbler) should be good
>> enough.
>>
>> (I think reinstating the original behavior works best, at least at the
>> code level.)
>>
>> -- Michael
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 9:24 AM, David Lee wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks, Michael.
>>>
>>> This isn't urgent for us. But it is something which I think would be
>>> very, very nice to have readily and easily available in the future.
>>>
>>> For any established system "client1", it would be good to be able to do
>>> something as simple as a re-enabling of the original specification:
>>>
>>> cobbler system edit --name=client1 \
>>> --netboot-enabled=true --rescue-mode=true
>>>
>>> An alternative syntax might be:
>>> cobbler system edit --name=client1 --netboot-enabled=rescue
>>>
>>> I merely offer those two as possible suggestions; I can see good and
>>> not-so-good in both.
>>>
>>> The essential point is simplicity and (as Michael says) "it also
>>> immediately exposes the capabilities to those who didn't know it was
>>> there."
>>>
>>> Should I raise this on "cobbler-devel"?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> : David Lee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's an older post that should be helpful:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.redhat.com/**archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-**
>>>> April/msg00059.html<http://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-April/msg00059.html>
>>>>
>>>> This was actually a feature for a long while:
>>>>
>>>> https://fedorahosted.org/**pipermail/cobbler/2008-**
>>>> September/000773.html<https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/cobbler/2008-September/000773.html>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This functionality has apparently been commented out in recent "cobbler
>>>> import" builds.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure why. It could be that in making imports modular it was
>>>> just never finished, it or it could be because someone didn't like the
>>>> extra profiles cluttering up the list. I think I'd like to see it
>>>> return namely because you don't have to remember what to put in the
>>>> rescue kickstart, and it is also immediately exposes the capabilities to
>>>> those who didn't know it was there.
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/cobbler/**cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/**
>>>> modules/manage_import_redhat.**py<https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/modules/manage_import_redhat.py>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Michael DeHaan
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>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 5:48 AM, David Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  (Using cobbler 2.0.11 with RHEL 5.6.)
>>>>>
>>>>> I may have missed the documentation on this: if so, simply point me in
>>>>> the right direction!
>>>>>
>>>>> During the last few months we have developed a cobbler installation for
>>>>> installing new client systems, and are happy with it. Indeed, most of
>>>>> our boxes don't have internal DVD drives, so cobbler has been
>>>>> essential.
>>>>>
>>>>> But one thing we would like to be able to do occasionally is to boot a
>>>>> client box into a "rescue mode". The most recent example was when we
>>>>> had some suspect memory on a disk controller.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there some sort of recipe somewhere for running a "rescue mode" boot
>>>>> of a cobbler client system?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> : Reading RG2 9AX
>>>>> : Berkshire
>>>>> :
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