Re: Repeated PXE jumpstart

2007-09-24 Thread Ed Maste
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:02:04PM +0100, Jan Grant wrote: The alternative is to put PXE ahead of the HD in the boot order, and call back to the deployment host at the end of installation (prior to reboot) to signal a DHCP reconfiguration. It adds a PXE timeout to each boot; the upside is

Re: Repeated PXE jumpstart

2007-09-24 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Ed Maste wrote: On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:02:04PM +0100, Jan Grant wrote: The alternative is to put PXE ahead of the HD in the boot order, and call back to the deployment host at the end of installation (prior to reboot) to signal a DHCP reconfiguration. It adds a PXE timeout to each boot;

Repeated PXE jumpstart

2007-09-21 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Hi! I'm trying to set up a system to continually and automatically run benchmarks on the most recent CURRENT. The idea is to PXE-boot the server, do an automated jumpstart installation, reboot and run a few benchmarks. Lather, rinse, repeat. My problem is when the jumpstart installation

Re: Repeated PXE jumpstart

2007-09-21 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Found the answer elsewhere, so this is just for the records... Erik Cederstrand wrote: Hi! I'm trying to set up a system to continually and automatically run benchmarks on the most recent CURRENT. The idea is to PXE-boot the server, do an automated jumpstart installation, reboot and run a

Re: Repeated PXE jumpstart

2007-09-21 Thread Jan Grant
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Erik Cederstrand wrote: Found the answer elsewhere, so this is just for the records... # sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=512 count=1 wipes the MBR and solves my problem. The alternative is to put PXE ahead of the HD in the boot order,