On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Bernard Li wrote: > Hi Ted: > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Ted Arden <t...@tux.org> wrote: > > > after imaging, i'd like to flop the CMOS settings > > to revert back to boot off HDD or even be able to > > login to an imaged machine and make these CMOS > > mods?? > > > > is there a utility to do this?? it's Phoenix > > BIOS. i remember doing this back in my VA Linux > > days, but didn't know if there was another utility > > out there to do so. i am using SLES9. > > Assuming you are netbooting your machines, you can leave them to boot > off the network and control whether they re-image or boot off the > local HD via pxelinux. si_netbootmond could facilitate this. For more > information you can look at the SystemImager service > "systemimager-server-netbootmond" (which controls the starting and > stopping of si_netbootmond) and the NET_BOOT_DEFAULT option in > /etc/systemimager/systemimager.conf.
hey thanks Bernard, but i was more looking for a utility that i can flip it back to netboot or boot off of lan because some ahem 'clown' decided to flip the bit to boot off of hdd, and next thing you know, i don't know about it until the machine doesn't pick up an update. then i have to have someone physically reset the CMOS settings. i guess what i am searching for is a userland utility that will snarf the CMOS config settings, perhaps save them to a file and be able to apply those settings. then reboot, boots off of the network, and life is good, without having to involve a tech in the field. but thanks for the heads up on netbootmond. i think i'll fiddle with that one for fun though. =ted= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
