[Server-devel] Pungi minimal installer, comps.xml trick

[Jerry Vonau]

Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Martin Langhoff wrote:
>>> It is not clear to me how the anaconda team will support installs on
>>> embedded systems over serial port. And I have to keep that in mind for
>>> some of the HW options we have for the XS.
>> Wouldn't a vnc install work here?
> 
> Over serial!?
> 
Oh come on... over the net, you have a nic in this box right? If just 
for debugging, add autostep to the the kickstart file, until you have it 
"just right". If the install stops at some point vnc in and see what 
went down, edit ks file, repeat....


>> The advantage is the better disk tools with the graphical installer.
> 
> And good localisation to non-western languages too. Great. It only
> adds 200MB to our install! :-[

Not for the installer, your running off of stage2... what is available 
for install is a different issue.

Jerry