2012/2/6 Andreas Schockenhoff <[email protected]> > 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 > > > How come I haven't thought about this? lol
Thanks for the tips. However, I'm gonna try the hook way of doing things as I might need them afterwards.
