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11.2. Adding a Distribution to Cobbler
If all Cobbler prerequisites have been met and Cobbler is now running, you can now begin adding a distribution to the Cobbler if you have the content on the Cobbler server.
For information about creating and configuring kickstart distributions from the RHN Satellite interface, refer to Section 7.4.9.6, “Kickstart ⇒ Distributions —
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Using
cobbler to create a distribution from the command line is as follows:
cobbler distro add --name=string --kernel=path --initrd=path
The
--name=string switch is a label used to differentiate one distro choice from another (for example, rhel5server)
The
--kernel=path switch specifies the path to the kernel image file
The
--initrd=path switch specifies the path to the initial ramdisk (initrd) image file.
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