[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler and existing extra repos

[Michael DeHaan]

Matthias Saou wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Cobbler and a single kickstart file for both my EL5 i386 and
> EL5 x86_64 profiles. Now I've got the following problem : I'd like to
> include a "repo=" line in order to have anaconda use all of the
> available updates instead of having to run an update right after
> installation.
>   
Certaintly...
> I already have a yum repository of the updates on my LAN, so I don't
> want Cobbler to mirror anything. I just want it to add the repositories
> I give it through $yum_repo_stanza.
>
> Why don't I simply add the repo= line myself in the kickstart?
> Because anaconda doesn't replace the $basearch, and I want to share the
> same kickstart for i386 and x86_64.
>   

You can use kickstart templating with an #if statement based on $arch 
which is settable
in each distro object.



> Another solution would be for Cobbler to expose the basearch so that it
> can be used as $basearch in the kickstart and get replaced by the
> cheetah parsing. Currently I only see $arch in the Wiki, but it expands
> to "x86" and not "i386".
>   

Yep. All you need is an if statement as these mean the same thing.

> Matthias
>
>