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I woild assume that you would configure / build a new kernel for each |
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hardware spec in your farm in your test environment, verify there are |
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no glitches and then distibute the .config file to all servers and |
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cron a kernel build / installation. |
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The reboot required for the servers would then be done during that |
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server's maintenance window. |
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On 2/11/08, Thilo Bangert <bangert@g.o> wrote: |
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> Ramon van Alteren <ramon@××××××××××.nl> said: |
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> > Hi Thilo, |
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> > Thilo Bangert wrote: |
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> > | in the near future i am looking at installing gentoo onto a number of |
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> > | hosts. i already have a buildhost preparing binary packages for the |
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> > | clients - one of the missing pieces is the kernel install. |
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> > | i'd like to avoid having to compile a kernel on each and every host. |
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> > | how do you install a prebuilt kernel onto the host, fx. after having |
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> > | deployed a stage4 using quickstart? the best thing i can come up with |
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> > | is writing my own custom script, which pulls a tarball via http. the |
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> > | tarball has the modules, the initrd and the kernel... |
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> > What's wrong with building your stage4 with catalyst and have it |
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> > include a kernel ? |
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> and what do you do after a weekend like this one: kernel upgrade on 1300 |
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> hosts? |
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> but you are right - i somehow missed that possibility. |
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> > We use catalyst to generate all our install images and catalyst uses |
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> > genkernel internally to include it in the image. Just specify which |
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> > kernel you'd like and provide a .config for it. |
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> > We've installed 1300 servers that way, I'll personally guarantee you |
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> > that it works :-D |
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> :) |
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> thats more than good enough for me. |
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> Thanks! |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Ramon van Alteren |
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> kind regards |
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> Thilo |
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