[gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[ebrewer]

Greetings,

I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
customization.  

Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
point me towards some additional documentation?

- Evan


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[Nick Rout]

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/index.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/reference.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/catalyst-howto.xml

On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:52:57 -0700
<ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> customization.  
> 
> Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> point me towards some additional documentation?
> 
> - Evan
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[John Davis]

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On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 18:52, ebrewer@cloudmark.com wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> customization.  
> 
> Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> point me towards some additional documentation?
> 
> - Evan
> 
> 
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

The documentation is a work in progress :) When I am not coding
catalyst, I try to write a few paragraphs here and there. Ping me on irc
if you have any questions.

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RE: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[ebrewer]

Thank you for the links Nick.  I actually have been reviewing
these for the last hour or so, but nowhere do I see a component
which allows for a series of commands to be run.  Back in January
in this post:

http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev%40gentoo.org/msg01977.html

A suggestion was brought up that it would be nice to have a
scriptable component to allow automated installations.  Once again,
in reading the given links, I did not see the capability anywhere.
Is this something I would need to shoehorn into a build?

Thanks,
- Evan


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick@rout.co.nz] 
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:33 PM
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/index.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/reference.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/catalyst-howto.xml

On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:52:57 -0700
<ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> customization.  
> 
> Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> point me towards some additional documentation?
> 
> - Evan
> 
> 
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[Josh Glover]

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Quoth ebrewer@cloudmark.com (Mon 2004-05-17 04:51:17PM -0700):

> Thank you for the links Nick.  I actually have been reviewing
> these for the last hour or so, but nowhere do I see a component
> which allows for a series of commands to be run.  Back in January
> in this post:
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev%40gentoo.org/msg01977.html
> 
> A suggestion was brought up that it would be nice to have a
> scriptable component to allow automated installations.  Once again,
> in reading the given links, I did not see the capability anywhere.
> Is this something I would need to shoehorn into a build?

Evan,

My Faketoo script might get you started:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=166358

It demonstrates how to build a Gentoo system non-interactively.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[Chris Gianelloni]

What you're looking for in catalyst is the runscript.  You will want to
modify the runscript to do what you want.  In my case, I am building
GameCDs, so I have copied the default-runscript.sh to
gamecd-runscript.sh and have made my modifications there.  Then I simply
put the path to gamecd-runscript.sh in my livecd-stage2.spec file and
I'm done.

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 00:10, Nick Rout wrote:
> I have thought about this some more. how about 
> 
> 1. building a sample system with the packages and settings you want.
> 
> 2. create a backup with mondo-rescue
> 
> 3. boot the target machines with the mondo boot cd 
> 
> done.
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:51:17 -0700
> <ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Thank you for the links Nick.  I actually have been reviewing
> > these for the last hour or so, but nowhere do I see a component
> > which allows for a series of commands to be run.  Back in January
> > in this post:
> > 
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev%40gentoo.org/msg01977.html
> > 
> > A suggestion was brought up that it would be nice to have a
> > scriptable component to allow automated installations.  Once again,
> > in reading the given links, I did not see the capability anywhere.
> > Is this something I would need to shoehorn into a build?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > - Evan
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick@rout.co.nz] 
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:33 PM
> > To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.
> > 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/index.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/reference.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/catalyst-howto.xml
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:52:57 -0700
> > <ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> > > CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> > > RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> > > definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> > > customization.  
> > > 
> > > Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> > > point me towards some additional documentation?
> > > 
> > > - Evan
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
> > -- 
> > Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
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Developer
Games/LiveCD Teams
Gentoo Linux

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RE: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[ebrewer]

Thank you all for lots of good advice.  It would appear that Catalyst
is definitely the way to go.  Once I have developed something solid, I
will post my results. 

- Evan

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Gianelloni [mailto:wolf31o2@gentoo.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 5:30 AM
To: Nick Rout
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

What you're looking for in catalyst is the runscript.  You will want to
modify the runscript to do what you want.  In my case, I am building
GameCDs, so I have copied the default-runscript.sh to
gamecd-runscript.sh and have made my modifications there.  Then I simply
put the path to gamecd-runscript.sh in my livecd-stage2.spec file and
I'm done.

On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 00:10, Nick Rout wrote:
> I have thought about this some more. how about 
> 
> 1. building a sample system with the packages and settings you want.
> 
> 2. create a backup with mondo-rescue
> 
> 3. boot the target machines with the mondo boot cd 
> 
> done.
> 
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:51:17 -0700
> <ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Thank you for the links Nick.  I actually have been reviewing
> > these for the last hour or so, but nowhere do I see a component
> > which allows for a series of commands to be run.  Back in January
> > in this post:
> > 
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev%40gentoo.org/msg01977.html
> > 
> > A suggestion was brought up that it would be nice to have a
> > scriptable component to allow automated installations.  Once again,
> > in reading the given links, I did not see the capability anywhere.
> > Is this something I would need to shoehorn into a build?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > - Evan
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Rout [mailto:nick@rout.co.nz] 
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:33 PM
> > To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.
> > 
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/index.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/reference.xml
> > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/catalyst-howto.xml
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 15:52:57 -0700
> > <ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > I am investigating the possibility of creating a self-installing
> > > CD for usage on a specific layout of hardware; somewhat similar to
> > > RedHat's ``kickstart'' system.  From what I can tell, Catalyst
> > > definitely seems to have the potential for this type of
> > > customization.  
> > > 
> > > Am I on the right list for this question, and if so, could someone
> > > point me towards some additional documentation?
> > > 
> > > - Evan
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
> > -- 
> > Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
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Developer
Games/LiveCD Teams
Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Using Catalyst for an automated install.

[Nick Rout]

Thanks chris, I'll file that away in the useful information section ;-)


On Tue, 18 May 2004 08:30:12 -0400
Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:

> What you're looking for in catalyst is the runscript.  You will want to
> modify the runscript to do what you want.  In my case, I am building
> GameCDs, so I have copied the default-runscript.sh to
> gamecd-runscript.sh and have made my modifications there.  Then I simply
> put the path to gamecd-runscript.sh in my livecd-stage2.spec file and
> I'm done.
> 
> On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 00:10, Nick Rout wrote:
> > I have thought about this some more. how about 
> > 
> > 1. building a sample system with the packages and settings you want.
> > 
> > 2. create a backup with mondo-rescue
> > 
> > 3. boot the target machines with the mondo boot cd 
> > 
> > done.
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 May 2004 16:51:17 -0700
> > <ebrewer@cloudmark.com> wrote:
> > 


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