I think it would be of great value to the linux community to be able to use this tool to build customized distributions that were not so machine specific as the images created by the tool currently. Thanks!
LinuxCOE relies heavily, no solely, on the auto installation capabilities of the distro its installing. Right now System Designer has 3 back ends: kickstart (RH and clones), AutoYast (OpenSUSE/SLES/NLD/SuSE), and preseed (Debian > woody, Ubuntu). Mandriva is mostly written, but there are problems with making a 'standalone' CD boot image.
We cannot, no won't, modify what the distros provide us. It's a one-way path an unmaintainable fork.
All three distro's provide access to scripting after install. You can use this to layer on what you need if you can script it in a profile today.
We also have a somewhat robust back end processing system for installing RPMs/debs from custom repos, we'll post it soon.
Can you elaborate on your request a little? I'm not sure what you're asking.
Lee
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LinuxCOE relies heavily, no solely, on the auto installation capabilities of the distro its installing. Right now System Designer has 3 back ends: kickstart (RH and clones), AutoYast (OpenSUSE/SLES/NLD/SuSE), and preseed (Debian > woody, Ubuntu). Mandriva is mostly written, but there are problems with making a 'standalone' CD boot image.
We cannot, no won't, modify what the distros provide us. It's a one-way path an unmaintainable fork.
All three distro's provide access to scripting after install. You can use this to layer on what you need if you can script it in a profile today.
We also have a somewhat robust back end processing system for installing RPMs/debs from custom repos, we'll post it soon.
Can you elaborate on your request a little? I'm not sure what you're asking.
Lee