Hi

I have some _really_ old OS installs that i am keen to refresh to our
standard but they are RH7.3 - Does anyone know if there is a koan around
for rh7.3 or even if it would work? Id prefer to not have to boot a koan
ISO if at all possible.


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Tom Brown wrote:

Hi

I have some _really_ old OS installs that i am keen to refresh to our
standard but they are RH7.3 - Does anyone know if there is a koan
around for rh7.3 or even if it would work? Id prefer to not have to
boot a koan ISO if at all possible.


thanks

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Most likely not. It is expected to run as far back as RHEL3, though
not before. However, you /might/ be able to get it to work if you

rebuild the source rpm. I haven't tried it.

(The live CD is of course still available, as is network boot)

--Michael







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Most likely not. It is expected to run as far back as RHEL3, though
not before. However, you /might/ be able to get it to work if you

rebuild the source rpm. I haven't tried it.


i will try some more but i doubt it will work as it seems
python-setuptools is not available for 7.3


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On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Tom Brown <tom@ng23.net> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Most likely not. It is expected to run as far back as RHEL3, though not
> before. However, you /might/ be able to get it to work if you
> > rebuild the source rpm. I haven't tried it.
> >
>
> i will try some more but i doubt it will work as it seems python-setuptools
> is not available for 7.3
>

The python for 7.3 is pre-2 if I remember correctly. It is doubtful
that you will be able to get the changes backported. I would say look
to see if you can upgrade them to something other than 7.3 because
well the security holes in those are pretty big.



--
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"

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The python for 7.3 is pre-2 if I remember correctly. It is doubtful
that you will be able to get the changes backported. I would say look
to see if you can upgrade them to something other than 7.3 because
well the security holes in those are pretty big.




indeed - hence koan for the rebuild - seems though that PXE or Koan CD
are the only options


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Tom Brown wrote:




The python for 7.3 is pre-2 if I remember correctly. It is doubtful
that you will be able to get the changes backported. I would say look
to see if you can upgrade them to something other than 7.3 because
well the security holes in those are pretty big.




indeed - hence koan for the rebuild - seems though that PXE or Koan CD
are the only options


thanks


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In all fairness -- they are much better options. --replace-self
assumes the system is bootable (and probably network accessible if you
want to automate mass replacement), so if you wreck your OS on any of
them, you are going to want one of the other options anyway.


If you don't have PXE capability in your network, fighting to get it is
well worth it. If not, the ISO (other than requiring physical
access -- assuming you don't have a management card that allows pushing
ISO's down), will achieve PXE-equivalent capability.


This works especially well if you use the pxe_just_once setting in
/var/lib/cobbler/settings and set your machines up to PXE every time

they boot.

In this scenario, reinstallations can be done as simply as:

cobbler system edit --name=FOO --netboot-enabled=1 --profile=newprofile
(and cycle power once)

Once the system completes installing, it will deactivate it's PXE
configuration file and PXE through to local boot until you decide to
reinstall it again.


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In all fairness -- they are much better options. --replace-self
assumes the system is bootable (and probably network accessible if you
want to automate mass replacement), so if you wreck your OS on any of
them, you are going to want one of the other options anyway.


If you don't have PXE capability in your network, fighting to get it
is well worth it. If not, the ISO (other than requiring physical
access -- assuming you don't have a management card that allows
pushing ISO's down), will achieve PXE-equivalent capability.


This works especially well if you use the pxe_just_once setting in
/var/lib/cobbler/settings and set your machines up to PXE every time

they boot.

In this scenario, reinstallations can be done as simply as:

cobbler system edit --name=FOO --netboot-enabled=1 --profile=newprofile
(and cycle power once)

Once the system completes installing, it will deactivate it's PXE
configuration file and PXE through to local boot until you decide to
reinstall it again.




yes - i can PXE on _most_ of the network(s) just not this one, at the
moment at least i am working on that, so until i reach that goal i'll
use a koan CD - I have management cards where i can attach the iso so i
dont actually have to be there


thanks

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