Michael, Thanks for the response! I'm not sure what I didn't understand - but I "get it" now! I hadn't considered denoting the MAC address...and clearly didn't RTFM!
Anyway, this worked for me - perfectly! I really see the value and now that I understand it, having to use the menu is simply not necessary (nor desirable now that I see it work in action)... Thanks so much! Flossy ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael DeHaan" <[email protected]> > To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 7:13:28 PM > Subject: Re: PXE Booting systems > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Scot Floess <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Michael, > > > > Hey welcome back! And thanks for the response :) > > > > I am going to ask a really silly question. When you say add the > > mac - do you mean via cobbler system add ? And if so, when I PXE > > boot, it'll see that entry and install OK? > > cobbler system [add|edit] --name=foo --mac=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF > -netboot-enabled=1 [...] > > If the system is set in BIOS to PXE first in the boot order, it will > reinstall at next boot and then toggle the netboot enabled flag post > installation such that it will not reinstall > until netboot-enabled=1 is set again. This requires pxe_just_once > to > be set in settings. > > If the system is NOT set to PXE first in the boot order, you'll have > to hit F11 or whatever your BIOS requires to pick the boot device. > > PXE to a direct system record can technically work via IP instead of > MAC but that is not recommended for what should be obvious reasons -- > IPs can change easily for various reasons > and you don't want arbitrary systems getting reinstalled. > > In any event, no need for menus. It would get unmanageable with > large system counts (scroooooollll.....), and I'd really want to > encourage everyone using profiles as much as possible, with systems > as just the "glue" to make a system "be" a profile, plus whatever > bare > minimum info about it's power management or special kernel options, > etc. > > --Michael > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Michael DeHaan" <[email protected]> > >> To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:16:43 PM > >> Subject: Re: PXE Booting systems > >> > >> Add the MAC or IP of the system, the menu entry is unneccessary > >> and > >> then you can also do useful things like reinstall the box on next > >> boot, without any manual selection from a console. > >> > >> -- Michael > >> > >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Scot Floess <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >> Yup, How would I include "external" pxeboot options such as a > >> >> couple > >> >> OpenBSD flavours* - currently I maintain two TFTP instances and > >> >> manually launch the one I need at the time - I think I'm > >> >> looking > >> >> for > >> >> an 'include' function that survives the cobbler sync to chain > >> >> in > >> >> the > >> >> OBSD pxe options. Or help with the cobbler config option I'm > >> >> missing. > >> >> thx > >> > > >> > It would be nice if I could spell out which systems I want in > >> > the > >> > menu - similarly to what one can do to build an iso. I'm very > >> > new > >> > to PXE booting (well setting it up anyway) - but if I understand > >> > you correctly there are options you hand need to hand in? If > >> > so, > >> > how do you do that now via Cobbler? Or do you manually edit the > >> > default file? > >> > > >> >> *I'm not worried about scripted installs here, just picking the > >> >> right > >> >> pxe boot file > >> >> just FYI http://openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#PXE > >> > > >> > See my issue is, I was doing an install - then running KOAN > >> > against > >> > the install machine...I just wanted to not do that (aka save a > >> > step and one less install)... > >> > > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> cobbler mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > cobbler mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >> _______________________________________________ > >> cobbler mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
