Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:07:54 -0900 From: Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> To: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> Cc: "'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Manual/Wiki or other documentation for PXE install mainly install.cfg? Message-ID: <4794C35A.10405@alaska.net> In-Reply-To: <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D261CAFF5@exchanga.thenap.com> References: <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D261CAFF5@exchanga.thenap.com>
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Drew Weaver wrote, on 1/21/2008 5:08 AM: > Hi there, I’ve seen about a dozen different example files for the > install.cfg used to feed sysinstall automatic configuration data > for pxe installations but I cant figure out where people are > getting the options they’re using from. > > Is there a manual, wiki or otherwise documentation on what is > “valid” to put into this file? Not that I'm aware of, other than the source itself. > Also is this file at all scriptable? Not that I am aware of. > We would like to be able to use the same install.cfg on all of our > machines but some of them have different NICs (i.e.) some have rl0, > fxp0 can we use if statements to detect? What I've seen most people doing is using the post-install features to call a script after everything else is done. Unfortunately, this doesn't give you scriptable control over the NIC used. I pregenerate an appropriate install.cfg based on system type, and then create a DHCP group (I use isc-dhcpd) for all MACs of that type. I associate that group with a slightly different nfsroot (containing the appropriate config file) for that family of machine. It's not pretty, but it works. > Thanks in advance for any tips/tricks! I found this post by Ceri Davies to be helpful: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/02/12/having-a-bad-day Royce -- Royce D. Williams - IP Engineering, ACS http://www.tycho.org/royce/ - PGP: 3FC087DB/1776A531 It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer. - Occam
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