On Nov 12, 2007 8:01 PM, Kyle McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've pretty much got this setup and working.
>
> What I'd like to hear from the group is what solutions people have come
> up with for automating kicking off the re-installation of a machine.
>
> On SPARC, I would have typed, or scripted:
>
> reboot -- 'net - install'
>
> On X86 I'm not sure how I can achieve the same functionality?
>
> So far I don't like the only idea I've come up with:
>
> Configure the BIOS to always boot from the net first, and only configure
> the boot server to respond to that host when a re-install is desired. -
> This just seems backwards to me, I've always left the boot server
> configured all the time, and had the client request the install while
> rebooting.
> (That's not to mention the extending the boot time waiting for PXE to
> time out.)
>
> Anyone have any other ideas?
You may want to play with the default boot device in menu.lst
that is loaded from your PXE server.
After the installation is done change the default to point to the
disk.
I have to add I never did that, but I think it is possible.
--
Regards,
Cyril
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