[et-mgmt-tools] [PATCH] cobbler buildiso add --systems option and fix --profiles selection.

[Michael DeHaan]

Dave Hatton wrote:
> Joseph, Michael
>
> I'm the first to admit my python skills aren't great, so I'm pleased 
> to see an improvements.
>>> I have made some updates to the updates that Dave H had made to the 
>>> action_buildiso.py.
>>>
>>> Here is the list of my updates: (P.S. I am new to python so if my 
>>> coding sucks, please bear with me)
>>>
>>> 1. reordered the build iso menu so that systems are first.
>>>   
>> How about second with a seperator between the profiles and the 
>> systems, or otherwise a 2-level menu that lets you pick first 
>> "profiles" or "systems"?
> I really like seing the profiles on the CD as well as the system. This 
> allows me to carry out some diagnostics against the profiles if I 
> screw up the systems entries.
> I'd be please to see what the code looked like to have a two level 
> menu - if only as a selfish learning exercise.
Yeah, that can get a little bit complicated with syslinux, ideally if we 
don't do that I'd like to see the profiles, a seperator, and then the 
systems.

>
>
>>> 2. Did not understand why we rely on DHCP when you have a "System". 
>>> So I have added the networking information to the kernel line for 
>>> systems, thus eliminating the need for DHCP. (This is what I needed 
>>> in the boot iso).
>>>   
>> This sounds good.
> I think this is my poor understanding of how this works. I didn't want 
> to rely on dhcp either -  I just couldn't workout how to append  an IP 
> address. This answers for me  a problem I saw today.

Right.   If the system has the ip and other network info defined, we can 
add the kernel arguments for that on the end of the append line if that 
does not take the length of the append line to more than 255.  


> Should the broadcast address be added as well? For completeness?

Not required AFAIK.
>
>
> Dave
>
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