On Thu, 6 May 2010 12:44:12 -0700, Lance Laursen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > First off, I'm trying to kick off a "light touch" Server2k8 install with > cobbler. This involves using cobbler to boot an ISO boot cd, which > basically > contains a WinPE environment which maps a network drive and kicks off the > rest of the server2008 installation. The problem? After the first few > phases > of the windows install, a reboot happens. > > Since there's no "wget http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/nopxe/...."; in the WinPE > environment, and it's not particularly flexible because it's microsoft, I > was wondering if it is possible to have netboot-enabled automatically > toggle > to False upon a boxes contact with cobbler(dhcpd), and/or on a per-profile > basis (ie: servers with profile=win2k8). If not on a per-profile basis, is > there a global option somewhere that I could maybe hack and slash some code > from? > > We deploy linux servers on a large scale and don't want to babysit stupid > windows installations, or do it properly with active directory and network > segregation. Workflow for provisioning a windows server would be: cobbler > system edit --name=server123 --netboot-enabled=true , power cycle system, > DONE. If cobbler doesn't provide this feature i'll have to look into > slamming Wget for Winderz into the WinPE environment and running it after > doing a reverse dns lookup to get the hostname (puke). Also, is there a > list > of "wget http://...."; functions that cobbler supports in documentation > anywhere? > > Thanks all > > -- > Lance Laursen > Demonware Systems Engineer
I believe what you're looking for would be a pre-install trigger that would fire and disable the netboot for a given host. That should be pretty easy to do. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
