you could just try to edit the pxelinux.cfg/default entry
or better: record the first 3 hex-couples of the mac address of the first
machine
btw: all the machines of the same type should have the same first 3
hex-couples (they are mfg-dependent, you can view a list of mfg-s
here<http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt>
)
create a file XXYYZZ in pxelinux.cfg directory, where XX-YY-ZZ are the
hex-couples (without columns!)
in this file create an entry for booting the unattended kernel with the
option noapic added
when booting one of those machines it should now automagically take the
correct entry
Michael
On Dec 2, 2007 11:05 PM, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A bunch of new computers (not Dell) we recently purchased won't boot
> Linux without the "noapic" command line option. Yuck.
>
> While this is not a unattended specific problem (Ubuntu also had the
> same issue), perhaps some sort of documentation saying how to alter the
> kernel command line would be useful?
>
> In my case I found if I fiddle enough with the left shift key while the
> kernel is loading, eventually I get the boot prompt.
> --
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> Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
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