On Sunday 26 February 2006 11:26, Darryl Luff wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to FAI. I've seen a few requests in the archives > about setting the hostname on the built machine using other than the > DHCP config, but none really did what I need to do. > > I boot via PXE and type the hostname I want to build at the pxelinux > prompt. Some hosts are redhat, others are windows, others (will be) > fai. The pxelinux config runs the appropriate installer for that > specific host. For the fai hosts I have (in pxelinux.cfg/default): > > label jack > kernel fai/vmlinuz-install > append ... hostname=jack Try: append .... HOST=demohost
You can use it for special host with mac: /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-0c-f1-bc-6b-d2 Or with IP after dhcp has give the host the IP. /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg/0A00022D or default with prompt: /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg/default bye Andreas
