Dear Ivan, Am Sonntag, den 05.02.2012, 20:41 -0200 schrieb Ivan Reche: > I'm using FAI to automatically install Debian Squeeze in a laptop of > mine. I've been able to do everything that I wanted by reading the > documentation, except for one thing: every time the installation > finishes (and the system reboots automatically, as I ask it to), the > recently installed client boots again through the LAN (as expected) > but begins the installation process again (something that I want to > avoid). > Is there an automatic way to make the client prevent itself from > reinstalling after the first install? I want it to install itself > again only if needed using the fai-chboot program, but not every time.
I use a different way: I have the hard disk as first boot device and after deleting the hard disk with dd. Next reboot the BIOS skip the hard disk and a fai netboot installs a new system. Some BIOS also have a key to select the boot device from list. regards Andreas
