Hi,

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 03:20:04PM -0400, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> When pxe_just_once is enabled, Cobbler is smart enough to remove the 
> per-mac-address PXE config file of a system once it is installed to 
> prevent infinite PXE boot loops.
> 
> Currently Cobbler does this by removing the TFTP config file for that 
> particular MAC address, falling back to whatever is the default.  But 
> what happens if your default system is configured, as in something like 
> this:
> 
> cobbler system add --name=default --profile=default-profile    OR
> cobbler system add --name=192.168.0.0./24 
> --profile=default-profile-for-network
> 
> You'd reinstall that system.
> 
> It's been suggested that a better behavior for this is to change the 
> template the system uses and save it instead as a PXE config that 
> explicitly local boots the system.
> 
> I can't see this breaks anyone but I figured it would be important 
> enough to mention here.   (If it does, let me know, and we can talk 
> about making a config option, otherwise I'm not going to worry about it).

Will it be possible to have the memtest/rescue etc. profiles still
available in that template?
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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