Michael, yhank you very much for the prompt answer. Michael DeHaan writes:
> > The question: on my computer, is it possible to install cobbler so > > that I can perform fully automated network installations on my 50 > > stations without having access to that dhcp server? > By not having access, I'm inferring you can't set the filename and > next-server parameters on it. Yes. > > the workaround is to use "buildiso", which does not provide a > > fully automated solution. > Depends if you call sticking some media in and picking a single > menu option, and going to get a Mountain Dew fully automated or > not. > > The actual install is still fully automated. > > You can't do "next time this MAC address boots, reinstall this box" > because to PXE you need DHCP. > > So yeah, not fully… Yes. What should be a better term? "Without the hands"? Using a CD in turn on 50 computers is not really a convenient solution. > > On the other hand, I read on > > http://serverfault.com/questions/53116/howto-setup-cobbler-with-pxe-if-you-cant-change-the-dhcp-server > > (which is dated *before* the previous link): > > > > "According to the documentation i've read it [...] should be possible > > to have an unmodified dhcp server (for example if the admin at your > > location denies access) and a separate server that ONLY returns the > > boot information. > The proxy stuff seems logical (though it's news to me, > interesting), but you'd have to make sure the other DHCP server > didn't answer, right? Well, I don't know, like I said my knowledge is poor. But from the ingenuous side, it makes sense that both DHCP servers answer: the "official" one to give the IP address, and the new, private one, to only provide the boot information. Besides, I don't know how to make sure a DHCP server does not answer ("deactivate" in my wording). From my readings, I had assumed it was not possible, because if it were, one would simply have to "deactivate" the official one temporarily, and then set up a new, temporary, DHCP server, which provides IP information, and filename and next-server parameters. Since this is new to you, could it be possible that you missed something? Well, I hope so, and I also hope you'll try to sort that out -- it is definitely beyond my abilities. Thank you again Regards, Alain -- EOST (École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre) IPG (Institut de Physique du Globe) | alain.coch...@unistra.fr 5 rue René Descartes | Phone: +33 (0)3 68 85 50 44 F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France | Fax: +33 (0)3 68 85 01 25 _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
