pxe_just_once will allow a system to still dhcp (if system profile is not set to static-ip...), but will not do the pxe handoff..forcing boot from other options available in bios.
On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Locane <loc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm glad it's working for you in Traiano. > Can you check on the boot order for your VM? I bet it's unchanged, and > what Cobbler is actually doing is setting up a "personalized" pxe boot menu > for your system that just loads local disk. I briefly checked out the > pxe_just_once flag and it described how it functions but not how it > accomplishes its function. I'm guessing it works like that. > > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Traiano Welcome <trai...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Matt >> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Matt Luettgen <mattluett...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > There is a way to have cobbler disable DHCP after the install. I'd >> have to >> > login to work to tell you how to do it. What I do is what Locane >> said. Set >> > the boot to Disk first, DHCP/PXE 2nd. First VM harddisk fails, so >> DHCP/PXE >> > is the next step. Then cobbler installs the OS. The next boot attempt >> goes >> > to the OS (because the boot order says disk first...) >> >> Thanks, that works beautifully :-) >> I think the cobbler configuration option is: pxe_just_once: 1 >> >> >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Traiano Welcome <trai...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Locane >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Locane <loc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I don't work with VMs very much, but unless Virtual Box has some >> kind of >> >> > special API that allows you to connect to it and adjust "BIOS >> settings" >> >> > the >> >> > answer is probably No. >> >> >> >> That makes sense. I was hoping cobbler might include such a feature. >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Setting things like boot order or booting to a specific device >> requires >> >> > systems support from the manufacturer, in my experience. >> Supermicro's >> >> > IPMI >> >> > for example. >> >> > >> >> >> >> It seems cobbler supports this via IPMI on bare metal. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Why does your boot order have to be PXE -> Disk? I think it should >> be >> >> > flipped... If the disk is empty it should try PXE next. >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> For the initial installation, the VM device boot order needs to be PXE >> -> >> >> Disk. >> >> Once the installation has completed, reboot happens and the order >> >> needs to be disk first, or else we get a re-install loop, or hang. >> >> Basically my objective is to get a smooth boot into a newly installed >> >> system after the initial installation where the VM started off booting >> >> with PXE. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Again though, don't work with VMs very much. >> >> > >> >> > PS: SE Linux gets in the way of cobbler in pretty much everything. >> Just >> >> > turn it off. >> >> > >> >> > On Oct 29, 2017 3:13 AM, "Traiano Welcome" <trai...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi List >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm using cobbler to install virtualbox vms, which requires the boot >> >> >> order to be PXE -> Disk. >> >> >> >> >> >> However I'm not sure how to get cobbler to reconfigure the boot >> order >> >> >> so the VM boots off the disk after the install is complete (my VM >> >> >> attempts to boot off pxe again but fails because this is disabled in >> >> >> cobbler). >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there a confguration option in cobbler / kickstart that >> >> >> reconfigures the virtualbox device boot order once the install is >> >> >> complete? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Traiano >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-leave@lists.fedorahost >> ed.org >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> >> > To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-le...@lists.fedorahosted.org >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-le...@lists.fedorahosted.org >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-le...@lists.fedorahosted.org >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-le...@lists.fedorahosted.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list -- cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org > To unsubscribe send an email to cobbler-le...@lists.fedorahosted.org > >
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