My apologies as I am walking into this late...but... If you know the mac addresses of each blade, you can add that system with --mac="some mac address" and each one when it PXE boots, Cobbler will do the right thing...
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Sen" <[email protected]> > To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:10:09 PM > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > Yes, I mount them via a virtual dvd. > I really don’t want to have 12 different ISOs. It would be easier to > just select the system name from the cobbler menu. > Regards, > Sam > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > White > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:09 PM > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > Does each blade have its own optical drive ? > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact > us.” > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:49:12 PM > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > Hmmmm … so if I have 12 blades to build, is there a quicker way to do > this? I would like to boot from ISO (the same ISO for all 12 > systems) and have cobbler take over. I don’t think this will work > without PXE based on what you’re telling me. > Regards, > Sam > From: [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Dan > White > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:45 PM > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > The default behavior of the ISO is to boot from local media after a > delay > Look at a file : <iso root>/isolinux/isolinux.cfg > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact > us.” > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:36:07 PM > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > When the system boots up and loads the ISO, I thought it would > automatically force the system to load a profile. In theory since > there is no OS installed, it will start the OS installation without > having you select from the cobbler menu. Is this feature not > available for non-pxe boot? Dan White < [email protected] > wrote: > So what is happening that should not happen ? > Contrarywise, what is not happening that should ? > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact > us.” > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:22:47 PM > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > It’s there … > [root@phl-00-cobbler iso]# cobbler profile list > ORACLE > Regards, > Sam > From: [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Dan > White > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:12 PM > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > What does the command "cobbler profile list" return ? > If one of the lines is not "ORACLE", then that is your first problem. > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact > us.” > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:06:56 PM > Subject: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > Not sure what I’m missing but I’m attempting to automatically install > the OS with our new blade systems using a cobbler iso (generated by > buildiso). The cobbler menu shows up with the list of available > systems, but I want it to automatically install when it loads the > ISO. I don’t have DHCP hence the use of the buildiso command. > I added a new system by running the following command. Please note, > the install works fine when I select the system but that’s not what > I want. Notice I have the “mac” specified and I went as far as using > the mac address of eth0 as the name for the system. Both times, I’m > greeted with the menu and I’m forced to choose. > cobbler system add --name=blade1 –mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > --profile=ORACLE --interface=bond0 --interface-type=bond > --bonding-opts="mode=6 miimon=1000" --ip-address=172.31.20.45 > --hostname=blade1.domain.com --ksmeta='server_type=DB > disk_layout=BLADES_ORACLE' --subnet=255.255.255.0 > --gateway=172.31.20.250 --kopts='ksdevice=eth0 ip=172.31.20.45 > netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=172.31.10.220 gateway=172.31.20.250' > --static=1 > -- > Sam Sen > Sr Systems Administrator > 215.913.4797 > Aria Systems, Inc. > 600 Reed Road, Suite 302 > Broomall, PA 19008 > www.ariasystems.com > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler -- Make It So Number One
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