[OLPC-AU] XS F11 from boot.iso cd

[Jerry Vonau]

On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 08:34 +0930, Ian Cunningham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> The revised boot.iso was downloaded and a cd created.
> XS 11 installed without incident.
> 
That's great.

> Domain set using /etc/sysconfig/olpc-scripts/domain_config
> yum install nano 'cause I can't remember the vi syntax
> Edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config and /etc/ssh/sshd_config.in to allow ssh access
> 
> User added for remote access
> 
> Static ip address set for eth0 by editing /usr/share/doc/xs-config*/ifcfg-eth0-local.example and copying it to
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-local
> 

Glad that worked.

> I was able to register an XO-1.5 (au359) with XS after adding a schoolserver reference in the XO's /etc/hosts file.
> The XS is accessible across the WAN from another school.
> 
> Question: Once the XS server is set up satisfactorily, can an image be made which can then be used to clone the other school XS servers prior to deployment?
> Given that the servers all have identical hardware.
> All that will be required is to customize the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0-local file for the specific school?
> 
> 

Yes, that should work. The only things is that the clones would all have
the same /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file, would have the
wrong mac address for the clones, just delete it before you image should
be recreated when booted.

Jerry