Thanks Michael,
[...] I can't really say whether this is a bug or a feature, but what happens is: - task_chboot calls $frsh /usr/sbin/fai-chboot -vd $ipaddr - hence fai-chboot will use ip2hex to translate $ipaddr to a MAC address - ip2hex does the translation to a form without "-" and no leading 01 What you would need is a modification of task_chboot that calls fai-chboot with the MAC address in 01-... format - or switch your pxeconfig names to a different format. [...] I'm not sure what other options there are. When the machine is PXE booted it asks for the files like so Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9528]: RRQ from 10.7.4.91 filename fai/pxelinux.cfg/00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009 Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9528]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 10.7.4.91 Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9529]: RRQ from 10.7.4.91 filename fai/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-30-48-72-64-64 Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9529]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 10.7.4.91 Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9530]: RRQ from 10.7.4.91 filename fai/pxelinux.cfg/0A07045B Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9530]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 10.7.4.91 Mar 8 17:42:30 mg006 in.tftpd[9531]: RRQ from 10.7.4.91 filename fai/pxelinux.cfg/0A07045 If we name the files without the 01 and without the dash pxe will not ask for them. If we name them in the form of 0A07045B they are not immediately human readable. Mac address, with 01 and the dashes, are the only practical option. Anything else is less usable, I believe. David Dreezer Customer Advocate, Social Strata, Inc.
