Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:38:32 +0000 From: Kimi <kimimeister@gmail.com> To: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> Subject: Re: Manual/Wiki or other documentation for PXE install mainly install.cfg? Message-ID: <42b497160801210838j13ea3fe0wf8bf69faa2467eae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D261CB003@exchanga.thenap.com> References: <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D261CAFF5@exchanga.thenap.com> <4794C35A.10405@alaska.net> <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D261CB003@exchanga.thenap.com>
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On 21/01/2008, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> wrote: > Would have been, or would be nice if they could make an alias to 'the first Ethernet controller' (i.e. eth0). So that you could reference it in such a way when there is only a single Ethernet controller in a machine. > ifconfig fxp0 name eth0 ? man pages is your friend > -Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Royce Williams [mailto:royce@alaska.net] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:08 AM > To: Drew Weaver > Cc: 'freebsd-stable@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Manual/Wiki or other documentation for PXE install mainly install.cfg? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Kimi
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