this is what i want:
- if client box is on - send shutdown cmd
- send wol to client box
(having all clients set to boot pxe before hd)
- pxe boot should check to see if it should do install, if so - cool, else exit to next boot dev
- at this point its either installing or booting normally
can it be done? scripted? db needed? ---- how do I get pxelinux to look for an install flag for each systems mac addy? or some other type of "do install" flag?
thx -sp
Jordan Share wrote:
Michael Styne wrote:
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Steven. On Aug 2, 2004, at 7:03 PM, Steven Piercy wrote:
What are the rest of ya's using for bootup control on systems.
Serial console is where it's at, for our purposes, anyway.
Mike
Us too. We default to pxe boot (which itself defaults to exiting, and subsequently booting to the next bios choice, which is hard disk).
If we want to do an install, we just enter that pxelinux boot choice at the prompt.
If anyone knows how to reliably determine (under dos) whether the serial port can be written to, I'd love to hear it. Apparently, the RJ45->DB9 adapters that we use do not pass the carrier detect signal, so that doesn't work. I'm trying to use the same boot "disk" for both serial based and normal installs.
I suppose I may end up just using separate boot disks.
Jordan
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