Thanks Tru, I'll probably look at pxe + %pre and maybe try to add qemu-img to all that. Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tru Huynh" <tru at centos.org> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Thursday, 30 July, 2015 21:22:19 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] livecd vs nfsroot vs what? > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 07:10:08PM +0100, Nux! wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to deploy some non-linux OS via pxe and I was thinking to >> just launch CentOS in RAM and then run dd or qemu-img or something >> like this in order to complete the other OS install via template >> imaging. My first idea was to build a custom CentOS livecd and use >> that in combination with pxe kernel parameters, but perhaps there's a >> better way to do this. > I would use the regular kickstart %pre parts if the tools you need are > already there or could be imported. > If you can pxe, what about trying warewulf diskless boot to achieve > what you need ( I have played with c6 + clamav + ntfs3g to > clean-up a friend win7 laptop). > xcat can also be a choice, although I haven't tried. > > Cheers > > Tru > > -- > Tru Huynh > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos