[Spacewalk-list] Size of "Kernel Options" text box for uploaded kickstart files too small

[Velayutham, Prakash]

Hi Uwe,

On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:35 AM, Uwe Gansert wrote:

> On 25.04.2012 13:12, Velayutham, Prakash wrote:
> 
>> I have 2 questions. Hopefully someone here can answer.
>> 
>> 1. Is there a way to generate a kickstart for a SLES-based system using the "Create new kickstart profile" option? I have tried to do this several times, but the Kickstart file never gets generated as it is expecting several packages (pyOpenSSL, spacewalk-koan etc.) to be in one of the child channels for the kickstart to work, and none of these packages indeed exist for SLES (they are named differently).
> 
> no, that's not possible yet. You can only upload AutoYaST files at the moment.
> There are plans to add a wizard for AutoYaST too but that will take a while.

Let me know if/when you have something to test.

> 
>> 2. Alternatively, I am trying to upload a working AutoYast file via the kickstart uploader, but the "Kernel Options" and the "Post Kernel Options" boxes have size limitations (probably 64 characters). The same boxes have a size of 1024 when using the "Create a new kickstart profile" option, but not using the "Upload new kickstart file".
> 
> that's a known bug that I fixed a while ago for SUSE Manager.
> I'll check if I forgot to send that patch upstream and in case I did forget, I'll send it ASAP.

Thanks for the quick response. 2 questions.

1. If you do send it upstream, do you know if it will make it back into 1.6 or is it going to be just 1.7 that gets it?
2. Is there a way the uploaded file can take variables (for hostname, network etc.)?

> -- 
> ciao, Uwe Gansert

Thanks,
Prakash