Hi,
comming to this thread late...
I like the idea of using dhcp for the preseed.
I think the neatest way to do it is vendor encapsulated options...
pxelinux uses them...
extract from dhcpd.conf:
#info from pxelinux.doc
option space pxelinux;
option pxelinux.magic code 208 = string;
option pxelinux.configfile code 209 = text;
option pxelinux.pathprefix code 210 = text;
option pxelinux.reboottime code 211 = unsigned integer 32;
Suns solaris installer uses them:
extract from dhcpd.conf:
## INFO FROM http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-4075/6jd69oa8p?a=view
option space SUNW;
option SUNW.SrootOpt code 1 = text;
option SUNW.SrootIP4 code 2 = ip-address;
option SUNW.SrootNM code 3 = text;
option SUNW.SrootPTH code 4 = text;
option SUNW.SswapIP4 code 5 = ip-address;
option SUNW.SswapPTH code 6 = text;
option SUNW.SbootFIL code 7 = text;
option SUNW.Stz code 8 = text;
#option SUNW.SbootRS code 9 = uint32;
option SUNW.SinstIP4 code 10 = ip-address;
option SUNW.SinstNM code 11 = text;
option SUNW.SinstPTH code 12 = text;
option SUNW.SsysidCF code 13 = text;
option SUNW.SjumpsCF code 14 = text;
option SUNW.Sterm code 15 = text;
host homer {
hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00 ;
fixed-address homer.my.com;
filename "inetboot9.sun4u";
vendor-option-space SUNW;
option SUNW.SbootFIL "inetboot.sun4u";
option SUNW.SrootIP4 boot.my.com;
option SUNW.SrootNM "boot.my.com";
option SUNW.SrootPTH "/var/netboot/sol9boot";
option SUNW.SinstIP4 boot.my.com;
option SUNW.SinstNM "boot.my.com";
option SUNW.SinstPTH "/var/netboot/sol9boot";
option SUNW.SsysidCF
"boot.my.com:/var/netboot/sysidcfg.d/homer";
}
In fact the option SUNW.SsysidCF is pritty much the Sun equiivilent to
what we want...
Alex Owen
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