>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?
I generally interact with the systems when this is needed; I have one system, I think, which has the "reboot temporarily from other device" ipmitool option working (that would be an X4200, I think) Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
