Thus spake Carl J Richell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>Brian -
>
>This is precisely what I needed. We are now pre-manufacturing with
>SystemImager.
Excellent!
>The more I use the software the more I like - you guys
>have done great work.
And thanks.
>I have two more questions. During pxe boot there is a 1 minute pause at
>get_host_name_from_dns. We don't use that functionality - can it be
>turned off?
Yes. You have two simple options, either of which will work fine:
* Have a hosts file (/etc/hosts style) in the
/var/lib/systemimager/scripts directory that has an entry for each
host/ip combo that you'll be using.
* Set HOSTNAME as a kernel append parameter in your PXE boot config.
>For dynamic partitioning I have set the primary partition / at 95% and
>the remaining amount for swap. This is adequate but is there a way to
>determine the amount of memory in a machine and base the swap off of
>that - then allocate the remaining space to the root partition?
Not currently, but you can certainly hack the autoinstall script if you
like. If you want to attempt this, consider making your changes to
/etc/systemimager/autoinstallscript.template, so that your changes will
take effect every time a new autoinstall script is generated, or an old
one is updated.
Cheers, -Brian
>
>Thanks again, Carl
>
>On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 21:24 -0500, Brian Elliott Finley wrote:
>> Carl,
>>
>> Images can be specified as kernel append parameters. Consider a pxe
>> menu. See attached as a pxe menu example, and look for local.cfg in the
>> documentation directory for a reference on all the SystemImager
>> variables you can pass to the autoinstall client as kernel append
>> parameters.
>>
>> Let us know how it goes!
>>
>> Cheers, -Brian
>>
>>
>>
>> Thus spake Carl Richell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> >Hello and thank you in advance for your advice.
>> >
>> >I am setting up a SystemImager 3.7.3 server for the imaging of our laptop
>> >and desktop line. We will have about 10 different images. My current plan
>> >is something like this:
>> >
>> >SystemImager Server
>> > |
>> >PXE Boot Clients
>> > |
>> >Prompt to Choose Installation Image
>> >
>> >I'm stuck on prompting to choose installation image. How can I accomplish
>> >this or is there a better way altogether?
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >
>> >Carl Richell
>> >
>> >
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