[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler import arch problem

[Michael DeHaan]

Hennessey Daniel wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I was importing from an existing local tree (copied from the CD set)
> using;
>
> cobbler import --name=RHEL44-x86-64
> --mirror=/var/www/html/pub/yum/4AS/x86-64/up4
>
> Where "/var/www/html/pub/yum/4AS/x86-64/up4" is the root directory of
> the installation tree.
>
>   

Looks like you didn't need to take as many steps.

cobbler import --name=RHEL4u4 --mirror=/mnt/cdrom
or ...
losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/rhel4u4.iso
mount /dev/loop0 /tmp/loop0
cobbler import --name=RHEL4u4 /tmp/loop0
umount /dev/loop0
losetup -d /dev/loop0

Cobbler will add in the arch information to the name of the distro 
object automatically, so leaving off the x86_64 is ok.

If you've copied it yourself, cobbler probably can't automagically 
figure out the directory structure.

> Thanks for the help, cobbler still rules.
>
> Dan.
>   



> -----Original Message-----
> From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan
> Sent: 03 July 2007 3:42 PM
> To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools
> Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] cobbler import arch problem
>
>
> Hennessey Daniel wrote:
>   
>> using cobbler to import an existing x86-64 distro tree but when I do a
>> "cobbler distro report" it says the distro's arch is x86.
>>  
>> I can use "cobbler distro add" and explicitly state the arch but this
>> leaves the distro tree in place and I was hoping to import all my 
>> kickstart trees to be managed by cobbler.
>>  
>> Any clues?
>>
>>     
>
> This shouldn't happen, but it won't cause any adverse results... what 
> distro source were you using for the import?  (i.e. RHEL 4 DVD?  rsync 
> mirror?).   If you can
> give me further info I'll take a look at see what's wrong with the 
> auto-detection.
>
> Cobbler uses the arch field to decide when to set up for different 
> bootloaders, such as "ia64" implying elilo.   It doesn't pay attention 
> to the difference between
> x86 and x86_64 as it uses syslinux either way.  
>
> If you want to fix it, you can run:
>
> cobbler distro edit --name=foo --arch=x86_64
>
> --Michael
>
>
>   
>> Cheers
>>  
>> Dan
>>
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