Same is true for i386 6.5 and 6.4 minimal. I gave up after seeing the same thing on 3 ISOs, but it probably follows all the way down to 6.0. On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Eckert, Doug <doug.eckert at dowjones.com> wrote: > ISO pulled from > > > http://mirror.rackspace.com/CentOS/6.6/isos/i386/CentOS-6.6-i386-minimal.iso > > # df -h /var/distros/CentOS-6.6-i386 > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /var/ISO/CentOS-6.6-i386-minimal.iso > 339M 339M 0 100% /var/distros/CentOS-6.6-i386 > # find /var/distros/CentOS-6.6-i386 -name initr\* > /var/distros/CentOS-6.6-i386/isolinux/initrd.img > # > > In fact, the /images is populated with > > images/install.img > images/TRANS.TBL > images/updates.img > > Nothing else. I can pull apart the ISO, create images/pxeboot, plop the > vmlinuz & initrd.img file into place and create a new ISO, but it seems > like it should already be there, no? The 64-bit "minimal" ISOs for CEL 6&7 > from the same source have them in the right place... > > I'd like to just ditch all the i386 stuff, but we do have some legacy > systems that were built as such. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Eckert, Doug <doug.eckert at dowjones.com> > wrote: > >> Trying to use "minimal" ISOs >> >> The 64-bit CEL 7.0 and 6.6 look ok so far. but when I try to set up the >> CEL 6.6 i386, but I get the following >> >> >> - The initrd could not be found at the specified location: >> /var/distros/CentOS-6.6-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img >> >> >> It does have the initrd.img file in .../isolinux, but for some reason, >> not in .../images/pxeboot >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 3:36 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2/17/2015 12:31 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: >>> >>>> 2015-02-17 22:26 GMT+02:00 Eckert, Doug<doug.eckert at dowjones.com>: >>>> >>>> >We have a DHCP/PXE server in a build environment, which is separate >>>>> from >>>>> >our Spacewalk v1.5 server. We direct builds to Satellite or Spacewalk >>>>> based >>>>> >as needed. It contains initrd & vmlinuz files for each version/arch we >>>>> >currently deploy for both RHEL & CEL. >>>>> > >>>>> >I'd like to keep the storage footprint to a minimum, if possible. >>>>> Keeping a >>>>> >big directory of ISOs to loop-mount for kickstart profile >>>>> distributions >>>>> >seems excessive, especially when DVD#1 exceeds 4GB now. Is there any >>>>> way >>>>> >around this requirement for kickstarting? >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> How about using centos/rhel minimal iso for kickstarting ? >>>> >>> >>> indeed, thats what I do, and point at an nfs or http repository of the >>> packages. the kickstart file contains all the configuration info for a >>> particular setup. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> john r pierce 37N 122W >>> somewhere on the middle of the left coast >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Doug Eckert* >> *Technical Architect* >> >> *Global Business Technology* >> *Dow Jones* | *A News Corporation Company* >> P.O. Box 300 | Princeton NJ 08543-0300 >> (W) 609.520.4993 (C) 732.666.3681 >> *Email: **doug.eckert at dowjones.com* <alias at dowjones.com> >> >> >> > > > -- > > *Doug Eckert* > *Technical Architect* > > *Global Business Technology* > *Dow Jones* | *A News Corporation Company* > P.O. Box 300 | Princeton NJ 08543-0300 > (W) 609.520.4993 (C) 732.666.3681 > *Email: **doug.eckert at dowjones.com* <alias at dowjones.com> > > > -- *Doug Eckert* *Technical Architect* *Global Business Technology* *Dow Jones* | *A News Corporation Company* P.O. Box 300 | Princeton NJ 08543-0300 (W) 609.520.4993 (C) 732.666.3681 *Email: **doug.eckert at dowjones.com* <alias at dowjones.com>