[syslinux] How to avoid the network reinstall in pxelinux?

[Eric Zhang]

Hi, Yiping Zhang:

     yeah, this is a really good idea. Thanks a lot.

Eric Zhang

Yiping Zhang wrote:
> The way we achieve this is to have a script on client machines to send a
> message to the kickstart server upon successful completion of client
> install. Once the server receive this message, another program (running
> on kickstart server) will generate a new boot menu in which default
> action is to boot from local disk. 
> 
> IOW, client will always do PXE boot and booting the default entry
> specified by boot menu. 
> 
> Yiping
> 
> On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 14:17 +0800, Eric Zhang wrote:
>> Hi, Brandon:
>>
>>     Thank you for your suggestion but maybe this cannot reach my expect.
>>
>>     In your way, the client machine will boot from local harddisk after 
>> finished installation, this is correct but, I should go to select 
>> "network boot" at the first time in client machine, this is not what I 
>> expected because I have too many client nodes and I haven't a KVM. :(
>>
>>     My requirement is:
>>
>>     First, the boot order in my BIOS is 1.network  2.local harddisk  ......
>>
>>     Then, the client machine boots from network and then install the 
>> Linux automatically -- I just need to press the power button on every 
>> client machine then go away.
>>
>>     At last, When the client machine finished installation, it will boot 
>> from local harddisk while not from network.
>>
>>     Any ideas? :)
>>
>>
>>
>> Brandon Kruse wrote:
>>> I made a graphical menu, or even txt menu if you dont want to fool with it
>>> for over an hour. Have the default localboot, I have a default timeout set
>>> for 10 seconds, so if you do not chose something, or change the highlighter
>>> after 10 seconds, itll localboot.
>>>
>>> Problem solved :]
>>>
>>> On 6/8/07, Eric Zhang <maillistbox at 126.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Hi, syslinux:
>>>>
>>>> I am using pxelinux to install the Linux by network, it works fine.
>>>>
>>>> My question is in order to boot the client machine from network, my boot
>>>> order(which set in BIOS) is: First, network; Second, Harddisk; Third,
>>>> ......
>>>>
>>>> But when the client machine finished the Linux installation, it will
>>>> boot from network again and reinstall the OS again.
>>>>
>>>> So how can avoid this reinstall issue automatically? Is there any
>>>> configuration in pxelinux which can achieve this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>>
>>>> Eric Zhang
>>>> 2007-06-09
>>>>
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