Automatically disabling PXE boot
Diego Zuccato <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.fai |
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Hello all. I'm returning to FAI after being forced to use xCat (long & sad story... short version: I didn't like it). One of the features of xCat (possibly the only one I liked...) is that I can avoid touching BIOS configuration on the client, leaving it to always try PXE first and fallback to HDD when PXE fails. That does have the advantage that I don't need IPMI or a tech near a crashed system: it's enough to have someone that can press the 'reset' button (or a cheap switched plug). IIUC hooks are run on the system being installed, so I could use LAST hook to somehow signal FAI host to run "fai-chboot -d host". But that would leave DHCP server sending a DHCP OFFER for a PXE boot that's been disabled. Maybe I'm reinventing the wheel, but couldn't find anything. Any hints? TIA. -- Diego Zuccato DIFA - Dip. di Fisica e Astronomia Servizi Informatici Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna V.le Berti-Pichat 6/2 - 40127 Bologna - Italy tel.: +39 051 20 95786