As hinted at in previous posts I have created a kickstart build environment within CVOS. So as not to upset the CVOS tools this pretends to be another CVOS category and slave image called "alt". However, it boots pxe installer images and passes the magic kickstart file "autokick.php" to the installer kernel.

Different classes for each machine are supported, as well as the copying of skeleton files, etc.

The intention here is not to run a fully fledged installation from kickstart, but rather to get a base from which to then work.

From those around GridPP to whom I've spoken it seems that most people don't try to do to much within a kickstart environment, but instead ensure a ssh root login from the installer to finish the install after the machine has rebooted.

I'm now not thinking to bother with using CVOS for the grid nodes - at least not initially. It seems there's too much pain for no real gain in this. Single nodes are on their own and might as well remain there.