Thus spake Jason Holland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > 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
Not a bad idea. Thanks, Jason > > 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! 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