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NAME
copycds - Copies Linux distributions and service levels from CDs/DVDs to install directory.
SYNOPSIS
copycds [{-n|--name|--osver}=distroname] [{-a|--arch}=architecture] [{-p|--path}=ospkgpath] {iso|device-path} ...
copycds [-i|--inspection] {iso|device-path}
copycds [-h|--help]
DESCRIPTION
The copycds command copies all contents of Distribution CDs/DVDs or Service Pack CDs/DVDs to a destination directory. The destination directory is specified by -p option. The destination directory should only be a path under /install directory. If no path is specified, the default destination directory will be formed from the installdir site attribute and the distro name and architecture, for example: /install/sles11.2/ppc64. The copycds command can copy from one or more ISO files, or CD/DVD device path. You can specify -i or --inspection option to check whether the CDs/DVDs can be recognized by xCAT. If recognized, the distribution name, architecture and the disc no (the disc sequence number of CDs/DVDs in multi-disk distribution) of the CD/DVD is displayed. If xCAT doesn't recognize the CD/DVD, you must specify the -n and -a options. This is sometimes the case for distros that have very recently been released, and the xCAT code hasn't been updated for it yet.
OPTIONS
{-n|--name|--osver}=distroname
The linux distro name and version that the ISO/DVD contains. Examples: rhels5.3, centos5.1, fedora9.
{-a|--arch}=architecture
The architecture of the linux distro on the ISO/DVD. Examples: x86, x86_64, ppc64.
{-p|--path}=ospkgpath
The destination directory to which the contents of ISO/DVD will be copied. The destination directory should be a path under /install directory. When this option is not specified, the default destination directory will be formed from the installdir site attribute and the distro name and architecture, for example: /install/sles11.2/ppc64. This option only supports distributions of sles and redhat.
{-i|--inspection}
Check whether xCAT can recognize the CD/DVDs in the argument list without any disc copy, display the os distribution name, architecture and disc no of each recognized CD/DVD. This option only supports distributions of sles and redhat.
RETURN VALUE
Zero: The command completed successfully. For the --inspection option, the ISO/DVD have been recognized successfully
Nonzero: An Error has occurred. For the --inspection option, the ISO/DVD cannot be recognized
EXAMPLES
To copy the RPMs from a set of ISOs that represent the CDs of a distro:
copycds cd1.iso cd2.iso cd3.iso
To copy the RPMs from a physical DVD to /depot/kits/3 directory:
copycds -p /depot/kits/3 /dev/dvd
To copy the RPMs from a DVD ISO of a very recently released distro:
copycds -n rhels5.3 -a x86_64 dvd.iso
To check whether a DVD ISO can be recognized by xCAT and display the recognized disc info:
copycds -i /media/RHEL/6.0/RHEL6.0-20100922.1-Server-ppc64-DVD1.iso
NOTES
1. The -p and -i options currently only support distributions of sles and redhat.
2. The output format of copycds --inspection is:
OS Image:<value>
DISTNAME:<value>
ARCH:<value>
DISCNO:<value>
As a example:
OS Image:/media/RHEL/6.2/RHEL6.2-20111117.0-Server-ppc64-DVD1.iso
DISTNAME:rhels6.2
ARCH:ppc64
DISCNO:1
For the attributes failed to be recognized, the value will be blank.
3. For {-p|--path}=ospkgpath option,the destination directory should only be a path under /install directory.
News
- Apr 22, 2016: xCAT 2.11.1 released.
- Mar 11, 2016: xCAT 2.9.3 (AIX only) released.
- Dec 11, 2015: xCAT 2.11 released.
- Nov 11, 2015: xCAT 2.9.2 (AIX only) released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT 2.10 released.
- Jul 30, 2015: xCAT migrates from sourceforge to github
- Jun 26, 2015: xCAT 2.7.9 released.
- Mar 20, 2015: xCAT 2.9.1 released.
- Dec 12, 2014: xCAT 2.9 released.
- Sep 5, 2014: xCAT 2.8.5 released.
- May 23, 2014: xCAT 2.8.4 released.
- Jan 24, 2014: xCAT 2.7.8 released.
- Nov 15, 2013: xCAT 2.8.3 released.
- Jun 26, 2013: xCAT 2.8.2 released.
- May 17, 2013: xCAT 2.7.7 released.
- May 10, 2013: xCAT 2.8.1 released.
- Feb 28, 2013: xCAT 2.8 released.
- Nov 30, 2012: xCAT 2.7.6 released.
- Oct 29, 2012: xCAT 2.7.5 released.
- Aug 27, 2012: xCAT 2.7.4 released.
- Jun 22, 2012: xCAT 2.7.3 released.
- May 25, 2012: xCAT 2.7.2 released.
- Apr 20, 2012: xCAT 2.7.1 released.
- Mar 19, 2012: xCAT 2.7 released.
- Mar 15, 2012: xCAT 2.6.11 released.
- Jan 23, 2012: xCAT 2.6.10 released.
- Nov 15, 2011: xCAT 2.6.9 released.
- Sep 30, 2011: xCAT 2.6.8 released.
- Aug 26, 2011: xCAT 2.6.6 released.
- May 20, 2011: xCAT 2.6 released.
- Feb 14, 2011: Watson plays on Jeopardy and is managed by xCAT!
- xCAT Release Notes Summary
- xCAT OS And Hw Support Matrix
- xCAT Test Environment Summary
History
- Oct 22, 2010: xCAT 2.5 released.
- Apr 30, 2010: xCAT 2.4 is released.
- Oct 31, 2009: xCAT 2.3 released.
xCAT's 10 year anniversary! - Apr 16, 2009: xCAT 2.2 released.
- Oct 31, 2008: xCAT 2.1 released.
- Sep 12, 2008: Support for xCAT 2
can now be purchased! - June 9, 2008: xCAT breaths life into
(at the time) the fastest
supercomputer on the planet - May 30, 2008: xCAT 2.0 for Linux
officially released! - Oct 31, 2007: IBM open sources
xCAT 2.0 to allow collaboration
among all of the xCAT users. - Oct 31, 1999: xCAT 1.0 is born!
xCAT started out as a project in
IBM developed by Egan Ford. It
was quickly adopted by customers
and IBM manufacturing sites to
rapidly deploy clusters.