[et-mgmt-tools] Endless "following symlink"

[Michael DeHaan]

darren.hennessy at advitech.com.au wrote:
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> Thanks Scott and Michael,
> I was unclear as to whether it was possible. I did not read any doco 
> that explicitly said import could not be used for that purpose.
> Thats ok though, there is always more than one way to get the job done.
>


It did explicitly say what it could be used for, however :)

"Cobbler import will not make you breakfast" :)


> Thanks for the prompt reply,
> Darren
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> Scott Henson wrote:
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> > darren.hennessy at advitech.com.au wrote:
> > | Hi,
> > | I have recently installed cobbler from rpm on a new Fedora 9 system. I
> > | have attempted to do an rsync import from an older Fedora Core 5 box
> > with
> > | a view to making a virtualised copy of the machine. I used the
> > following
> > | import command:
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> > | cobbler import --mirror=rsync://root@192.168.1.17/server --arch=i386
> > | --name=Mac --rsync-flags="--exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys
> > --exclude=/tmp/*"
> > |
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> > I think you may be using cobbler wrong.  Import is used to import
> > distributions into cobbler not systems.  For instance, you can import
> > Fedora 8 but not a machine installed with Fedora 8.
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> Indeed.   Import operates on DVD ISO's or rsync mirrors of
> distributions, such as the kind you typically find on kernel.org.   Read
> the manpage and the Wiki for more documentation and examples of what
> this is intended to do.
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> Additionally, it only supports RHEL, CentOS, and Fedora imports.    For
> other Linux support, use "cobbler distro add", not import, patches  are
> always welcome to add import for other distros.
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> > Scott Henson
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