[Spacewalk-list] Interactive install using Spacewalk/Cobbler

[Velayutham, Prakash]

On Sep 2, 2012, at 11:12 PM, Matthew Patton wrote:

> I always hand write my kick start files in their entirety. that way I always get exactly what I want. Why mess with and have to fight an unhelpful subsystem like cobbler? if it's not helping rip it out and use another method or tool.
> 
> I use a makefile to create ks files on the fly from component parts. No second guessing required.

Can you explain a little bit more on how you do this? Where do you keep your hand-written kickstart file? How does a PXE booting node know to get it from that location? I am not a kickstart expert.

Thanks,
Prakash