Re: [gentoo-server] binary kernel package

[Thilo Bangert]

Ramon van Alteren <ramon@××××××××××.nl> said:
> Hi Thilo,
>
> Thilo Bangert wrote:
> | in the near future i am looking at installing gentoo onto a number of
> | hosts. i already have a buildhost preparing binary packages for the
> | clients - one of the missing pieces is the kernel install.
> |
> | i'd like to avoid having to compile a kernel on each and every host.
> | how do you install a prebuilt kernel onto the host, fx. after having
> | deployed a stage4 using quickstart? the best thing i can come up with
> | is writing my own custom script, which pulls a tarball via http. the
> | tarball has the modules, the initrd and the kernel...
>
> What's wrong with building your stage4 with catalyst and have it
> include a kernel ?

and what do you do after a weekend like this one: kernel upgrade on 1300 
hosts?

but you are right - i somehow missed that possibility.

>
> We use catalyst to generate all our install images and catalyst uses
> genkernel internally to include it in the image. Just specify which
> kernel you'd like and provide a .config for it.
>
> We've installed 1300 servers that way, I'll personally guarantee you
> that it works :-D

:)
thats more than good enough for me.
Thanks!

>
> Regards,
>
> Ramon van Alteren

kind regards
Thilo