> So this change on its own is insufficient in my environment. Here is the
> resulting bootlog:
>
> TFTP BOOT ---------------------------------------------------
> Server IP.....................9.3.191.134
> Client IP.....................9.3.192.209
> Gateway IP....................9.3.192.1
> Subnet Mask...................255.255.255.0
> ( 1 ) Filename................./yaboot
> TFTP Retries..................5
> Block Size....................512
> FINAL PACKET COUNT = 388
> FINAL FILE SIZE = 198376 BYTES
>
> Elapsed time since release of system processors: 18709 mins 13 secs
>
> ipv6 = <0>
> siaddr = <9.3.191.134>
> file = <>
> ciaddr = <9.3.192.209>
> giaddr = <9.3.192.1>
> bootp_retries = <5>
> tftp_retries = <5>
> addl_params = <512>
> dhcpv6 = <<NULL>>
> blksize = <<NULL>>
> Try to netboot
>
>
>
> TFTP BOOT ---------------------------------------------------
> Server IP.....................9.3.191.134
> Client IP.....................9.3.192.209
> Gateway IP....................9.3.192.1
> Subnet Mask...................255.255.255.0
> ( 1 ) Filename.................\etc\01-82-5c-60-4a-67-04
> TFTP Retries..................5
> Block Size....................512
> 1
> 2
> 3
> !BA017021 !
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> Error, can't read config file
>
> ...
>
> It tries a few other config file locations, but then eventually drops to
> yaboot's prompt, with no kernels available, and if you hit enter there,
> it just tries to load the conf file again.
>
> FWIW, here was the generated stanza:
>
> host generic7 {
> hardware ethernet <AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF>;
> fixed-address <ip>;
> option host-name "<hostname>";
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option routers <gw>;
> filename "/yaboot";
> }
>
> If I change your commit slightly, I do get what I need:
>
>
>
> Do not generate either the next-server or filename sections of the DHCP
> stanza if a server is not setup to netboot. This allows DHCP
> environments to obtain IP addresses, but prevents netboot cycles on
> PowerPC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <n...@us.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/templates/etc/dhcp.template b/templates/etc/dhcp.template
> index d7a28ef..58926ab 100644
> --- a/templates/etc/dhcp.template
> +++ b/templates/etc/dhcp.template
> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ group {
> #if $iface.gateway:
> option routers $iface.gateway;
> #end if
> + #if $iface.netboot_enabled:
> #if $iface.enable_gpxe:
> if exists user-class and option user-class = "gPXE" {
> filename
> "http://$cobbler_server/cblr/svc/op/gpxe/system/$iface.owner";;
> @@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ group {
> #end if
> ## Cobbler defaults to $next_server, but some users
> ## may like to use $iface.system.server for proxied setups
> - #if $iface.netboot_enabled:
> next-server $next_server;
> #end if
> ## next-server $iface.next_server;
>
> --
> Nishanth Aravamudan <n...@us.ibm.com>
> IBM Linux Technology Center
>
It sounds like you need a new system (per-interface maybe?) setting to
prevent entries from being entered into the dhcpd.conf:
if not netboot_enabled and disable_dhcp_entry:
continue
disable_dhcp_entry would default to false.
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