[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler import - centos 4.5/64 rsync mirror path

[Karl Balsmeier]

yep, one would think this would work out great, but there's perhaps a clarification needed, -the distro dir should look like this in the end result right?:

RPMS
base

or should I be higher up?

-krb


-----Original Message-----
From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Peter Wright
Sent: Thu 9/6/2007 5:27 PM
To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools
Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] cobbler import - centos 4.5/64 rsync mirror path
 
Karl Balsmeier wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In an attempt to grab a distro via rsync, I am doing the following 
> command, substituting the servergoeshere for the real rsync mirror.
>
> The problem is that I have no way to navigate down the tree far enough 
> to actually make this work, because obviously my browser doesn't allow 
> this protocol.
>
> cobbler import --mirror=rsync://servergoeshere/path/to/distro 
> --name=Centos45-64
>
> I visit:  http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13
>
> and pick out a mirror:  rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/
>
> but can't seem to give cobbler the proper path to the distro.  I 
> navigated the http dir structure and tried to guess, but no dice.
>
> What do you do when looking for the right path to give cobbler to a 
> distro in rsync?
>
> Do you use the rsync client?  is there a smart and useful command out 
> there that reveals the right path to a distro on an rsync mirror?
>
> -krb
>
you can usually just FTP to these mirrors and grab the appropriate path 
from there.  in this case you can actually goto 
mirrors.kernel.org/centos via http as well.  then drill down to the 
branch that you want to sync and you should be able to use that path for 
your mirror switch.

-pete

-- 
Peter Wright
Systems Administrator
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