Procedure: ** Configure DRAC ** Set BIOS boot sequence - HDD, CDROM ** RAID Configure 2 RAIDs: - RAID1 for "OS part" - RAID5 for "data part" ** ks.cfg packages to be removed from Core/Base install cdrom reboot %include /rpms.to.remove.from.Core.Base grep = rpms.295.names|grep -v ?|sed -e 's/^= //'>rpms.REMOVE.from.Core.Base ** ks.cfg (partitioning part) part /boot --fstype=ext3 --size=100 --asprimary --ondisk=sda part swap --size=256 --grow --maxsize=6000 --asprimary --ondisk=sda part / --fstype=ext3 --size=1 --grow --maxsize=16000 --asprimary --ondisk=sda # physical volumes for holding logical volumes with Xen DomUs. part pv.01 --size=1 --grow --asprimary --ondisk=sda part pv.02 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb ** Xen Dom0 installation 1. from %post in ks.cfg 1.1 Quattor -- ncm component for Xen installation via RPMs. (NOK) 1.2 tar-balls (OK) ** Xen DomU installation 1. RPM-based install from RPMs provided by CERN linux support did not work (NOK) 2. tar-balls (OK) ** isolinux.cfg for bootdisk default ks prompt 1 timeout 60 ... label ks kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img text ks=file:/ks.cfg ip=137.138.31.235 gateway=137.138.1.1 netmask=255.255.0.0 dns=137.138.16.5 kssendmac ksdevice=eth0 lang=en_US ... ** ISO image: cd / mkisofs -o ../.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T .