Brian, Thank you so much for the reply! A trivial change from what I had, it is working perfectly now! Autoinstall of the itanium nodes is all systemimager now, very nice stuff. Perhaps a small section with your exact response to my email could be added to the documentation? I'm sure others would find it useful. Thank you again
Jason > If you already have tftp booting setup, the easiest way for you to do > this is to replace the kernel and initrd.img with those from the > systemimager-ia64boot-standard-3.0.1-1 package > (they live in /usr/share/systemimager/boot/ia64/standard). You should > also replace your elilo.conf file with this one: > > #<<<< BEGIN >>>> > # > # Sample elilo.conf for netbooting ia64 systemimager clients > # > # Inside your tftp directory you may also want to do this: > # > # mkdir -p ia64/standard > # cp /usr/share/systemimager/boot/ia64/standard/* ia64/standard/ > # > default=systemimager > > image=ia64/standard/kernel > label=systemimager > initrd=ia64/standard/initrd.img > root=/dev/ram > append="vga=extended ramdisk_blocksize=4096 console=tty0" > # > # Uncomment APPEND line below, and comment out APPEND line above, to use > # both monitor (tty0) and first serial port (ttyS0) as console at the > # same time. > # > # NOTE: Be sure your serial port speed is appropriate (57600, 9600, etc.) > # > #append="vga=extended ramdisk_blocksize=4096 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8" > read-only > > #<<<< END >>>> > > This just added to the FAQ: > > When the autoinstall client software (BOEL) is booted, if the LAST_ROOT > append parameter has been used, then BOEL attempts to mount and read a > local.cfg file from the device specified in LAST_ROOT (Aka: the device > that was root on the machine before it was rebooted). BOEL then tries > to read a local.cfg file from the floppy drive (if one exists). > Finally, BOEL makes a DHCP request, if it still doesn't have enough > information to connect to the network. Once it knows it's IP address, > it resolves this to it's host name, then retrieves an autoinstall script > from the image server based on it's hostname (Ie: hostname.sh). > > > Cheers, -Brian > > > Thus spake Jason Holland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm hoping someone can clear up some confusion with booting and > > autoinstalling itanium based systems. Currently I have systemimager > > working fine, images are stored and updated. I currently use that in > > conjunction with kickstart to reinstall nodes. However, I'd like to move > > away from that and go totally to systemimager, for performance reasons > > mostly, but also because its much easier to update images and push them > > out. But I haven't been able to get the ia64 boot portion to work, mostly > > because I'm not exactly sure what I need. My kickstart install uses > > tftpboot, so that portion that is needed by systemimager works fine with > > EFI netboot. But do I use the initrd.img from > > systemimager-ia64boot-standard-3.0.1-1 rpm and if so, how does the netboot > > system know where to get the image? So if I copy an elilo.efi from my > > distro into /tftpboot, and make an elilo.conf file, what do i use for > > image and initrd?? The files from the ia64boot rpm from above? > > > > I appologize if these are stupid question, but it was not obvious from > > reading the documentation and FAQ exactly what I need to do for ia64 > > booting. Thanks for any help > > > > Jason > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Sisuite-users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Elliott Finley Argonne, MCS Division > Phone: 630.631.6621 http://thefinleys.com > gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 10F8EE52 > --------------------------------------------------------- > Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your signature to help me spread! > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. > Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with > a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
