perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Zhi-Wei Lu <>]

Hi all,

 

I plan to migrate our current CentOS6.x perfsonar boxes to modern age (with CentOS7). When I installed those boxes a few years ago, I extracted the perfsonar install media and modify the kickstart file and repack them back into a ISO file, wrote it to a USB key. I was able to use my modified ISO file  for perfsonar installation to a bunch servers (with the same configuration).

 

I tried the same recipe, I failed to make the USB bootable. I must need to modify a few steps somewhere.  I would love to hear it from the package maintainer or someone who has successfully done this exercise.

 

I extracted all files from the following iso file:

pS-Toolkit-4.1-CentOS7-FullInstall-x86_64-2018Aug13.iso

 

I can see two ks.cfg files, one in the top directory and one in the isolinux directory (and one buried in the initrd.img as well).

Which ks.cfg file I need to modify?  What is the exact command line to repack into a new ISO file (using mkisofs)?

 

Thank you very much for your help!

 

Zhi-Wei Lu

IET-CR-Network Operations Center

University of California, Davis

(530) 752-0155