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is there any doc about how to setup "build server"? |
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On 9/9/06, Jonas Fietz <info@××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Ramon van Alteren wrote: |
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> > Gentoo wrote: |
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> >> so , do you have "build server" for all of those 200 systems? |
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> > Yep several :-) |
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> > A server-image server for building install images. We deploy customized |
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> > stage4 tarballs for installation and are in process of moving that over |
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> > to pxe-bootable install with custom stage4 tarball based on |
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> > hardware/serverfunction. We currently use boot-cd's which gets to be a |
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> > bit of a pain. |
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> Well, what we do is, we have a fairly static image on the boot-cds, and |
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> the most recent stage4 is pulled over the net. PXE was only workable |
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> with a few hassles (we are using standard hardware, most of the time |
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> cheapest you can get), for example you always have the problem of the |
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> server reinstalling when rebooting or alike. |
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> This has worked quite well, although we are in a setting, where we have |
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> to setup >100 servers for just one weekend, effectively reinstalling |
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> them every time (rented). |
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> Greetings, |
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> Jonas |
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