On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Sriram Narayanan wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Peter Tribble<peter.tribble at gmail.com> > wrote: >>> So, how about having such a setting in the AI manifest >>> that works in conjunction with the AI client to provide >>> the "just install this version of the OS once on this client" >>> behavior? Would something like that work? >> >> You mean based on a version match of the installed OS already present >> on the client? That wouldn't work. >> >> ?- We commonly install the same version of the OS over and over. Either to >> test changes to the profile, or simply to redeploy a box, repeated installs >> of >> the same OS version are common. >> >> ?- Certainly the way I work is that when a new version of the OS comes out >> and is verified, the jumpstart server is updated so that any subsequent >> installs >> get the new version. Just because I've changed the version that would >> get installed >> doesn't mean that I want to overwrite a box by accident. > > +1 to the above. > > What I have at work to handle such scenarios is a tftp boot menu which > has "Boot from Local HArd Disk Drive" as the default option, and with > kickstart installs for Redhat/CentOS/Ubuntu/Fedora as options later > down the list. > > I haven't used AI yet - is it possible to invoke the AI client via an > explicit TFTP boot menu option ? > > If this were possible, then I'd add a similar entry for opensolaris. > > In case I have the ability to point to an opensolaris AI install > server via a TFTP Boot menu, then here's how I'd solve a scenario > where 50 computers need a force install, while the rest do not: > - specify a custom TFTP boot menulist for those specific MAC addresses. > - this custom TFTP boot menu list would have "force install > opensolaris" as the default menu option.
I'm not sure what is meant by a TFTP Boot menu. Are you referring to the grub menu that gets displayed? We discussed this issue at today's meeting, please see the notes here - http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/ai_design/ai.client.061109.txt Alok
