FAI to deploy CentOS

[Michael Goetze]

Hi,

On 01/25/2011 11:11 AM, Thomas Lange wrote:
> - create a base.tgz of Centos (tools: rinse, maybe mach, see
>    http://wiki.fai-project.org/wiki/Development_plan)
> - name this tarbar CENTOS5_I386.tar.gz for example
> - put it into /srv/fai/config/basefiles
> - add class CENTOS5_I386 to your client
> - write a hook prepareapt.CENTOS5_I386 which includes code to set up
>    access to the centos package repository
>
> If you finished those parts the package installation should
> work. Then, the customization scripts have to be checked for Debian
> specific things, for e.g. how to setup the boot loader.
>
> I you need any help, please contact me on the mailing list, or on
> IRC. I really like to get CentOS work with FAI. Please give us
> feedback on your progress.

here's an almost-working configspace:
http://www.mgoetze.net/fai-centos/config/

I created my basefile (not included above) with rinse.

Regards,
Michael