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Hi, |
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I've been playing with catalyst for the last few days and it was great |
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fun. I've created a livecd that partitions and formats /dev/hda of a |
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cluster node automatically and then downloads a complete image from the |
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file server and untars it. grub is also automatically installed. The |
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image was a created in a chrooted environment on the server following |
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the installation handbook. |
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Is it a good idea to create a sort of stage4 spec for catalyst that does |
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the installation of the node image (in the chrooted environment on the |
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server) automatically? Although this would be a complicated spec, in my |
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case the benefit would be huge for creating production quality node |
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images. I'm interested in doing a bit of catalyst-development to achieve |
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this, but how do I get started? |
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Other benefits of such a stage4 spec could be: |
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* unattended install of a gentoo system from a livecd |
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* it could be used by an installer tool that interrogates the user |
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about all possible installation options, then creates the |
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corresponding stage4 spec and runs catalyst to do the job. |
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* A wide set of predefined configurations on the livecd so that |
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absolute noobs could install a gentoo in different flavors. |
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* Instead of creating a complicated howto about setting up a |
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...-server, one could just publish the stage4 spec with post |
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installation scripts and/or configuration files. |
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The reader of the howto can get started much easier and by changing |
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the spec he can customize the installation of such a specialized |
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server to his own needs. |
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Any comments are welcome. I just collected a few thoughts here. |
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greetings, |
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Toon |
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