Hi Matt On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Matt Luettgen <[email protected]> wrote: > pxe_just_once will allow a system to still dhcp (if system profile is not > set to static-ip...), but will not do the pxe handoff..forcing boot from > other options available in bios.
This is the effect I've tested: pxe_just_once "locks" the machine from successfully completing PXE boot on the next boot (even the the machine will attempt it on the next boot). > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Locane <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm glad it's working for you in Traiano. >> Can you check on the boot order for your VM? I bet it's unchanged, and >> what Cobbler is actually doing is setting up a "personalized" pxe boot menu >> for your system that just loads local disk. I briefly checked out the >> pxe_just_once flag and it described how it functions but not how it >> accomplishes its function. I'm guessing it works like that. >> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Traiano Welcome <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Matt >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Matt Luettgen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > There is a way to have cobbler disable DHCP after the install. I'd >>> > have to >>> > login to work to tell you how to do it. What I do is what Locane said. >>> > Set >>> > the boot to Disk first, DHCP/PXE 2nd. First VM harddisk fails, so >>> > DHCP/PXE >>> > is the next step. Then cobbler installs the OS. The next boot attempt >>> > goes >>> > to the OS (because the boot order says disk first...) >>> >>> Thanks, that works beautifully :-) >>> I think the cobbler configuration option is: pxe_just_once: 1 >>> >>> >>> > >>> > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Traiano Welcome <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi Locane >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Locane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > I don't work with VMs very much, but unless Virtual Box has some >>> >> > kind of >>> >> > special API that allows you to connect to it and adjust "BIOS >>> >> > settings" >>> >> > the >>> >> > answer is probably No. >>> >> >>> >> That makes sense. I was hoping cobbler might include such a feature. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > Setting things like boot order or booting to a specific device >>> >> > requires >>> >> > systems support from the manufacturer, in my experience. >>> >> > Supermicro's >>> >> > IPMI >>> >> > for example. >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> It seems cobbler supports this via IPMI on bare metal. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > Why does your boot order have to be PXE -> Disk? I think it should >>> >> > be >>> >> > flipped... If the disk is empty it should try PXE next. >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> For the initial installation, the VM device boot order needs to be PXE >>> >> -> >>> >> Disk. >>> >> Once the installation has completed, reboot happens and the order >>> >> needs to be disk first, or else we get a re-install loop, or hang. >>> >> Basically my objective is to get a smooth boot into a newly installed >>> >> system after the initial installation where the VM started off booting >>> >> with PXE. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> > Again though, don't work with VMs very much. >>> >> > >>> >> > PS: SE Linux gets in the way of cobbler in pretty much everything. >>> >> > Just >>> >> > turn it off. >>> >> > >>> >> > On Oct 29, 2017 3:13 AM, "Traiano Welcome" <[email protected]> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Hi List >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I'm using cobbler to install virtualbox vms, which requires the >>> >> >> boot >>> >> >> order to be PXE -> Disk. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> However I'm not sure how to get cobbler to reconfigure the boot >>> >> >> order >>> >> >> so the VM boots off the disk after the install is complete (my VM >>> >> >> attempts to boot off pxe again but fails because this is disabled >>> >> >> in >>> >> >> cobbler). >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Is there a confguration option in cobbler / kickstart that >>> >> >> reconfigures the virtualbox device boot order once the install is >>> >> >> complete? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thanks, >>> >> >> Traiano >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> >> cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >>> >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >>> >> >> [email protected] >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >>> >> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >> > >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >>> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >>> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
