On 3/8/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Michael, Thanks for looking at the directory creation issue I found.
> > Second, I have two configuration changes I need made to > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default. These have to do with NIC ordering and > a doc I found here: > > http://linux.dell.com/files/whitepapers/nic-enum-whitepaper-v2.pdf > > There, it suggests making two changes to the pxe configuration, adding > the following lines: > > IPAPPEND 2 > APPEND ksdevice=bootif > I put a config file called default.pxe in /etc/cobbler and run cobbler > sync but I see a vanilla default file in > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default. Kickstart parameters can be managed with a cobbler profile or even on specific systems or distros. "cobbler profile add ... --kopts="ksdevice=bootif otheroption=blah etc etc foo etc" The vanilla cobbler "default" file in recent versions now is used for PXE menus. If you would like to use a specific profile as a default profile instead, you can do the following: cobbler system add --name=default --profile=name-of-profile-to-use-as-default If you have a kernel option you would like to use on every single cobbler profile you have, you can also add that kernel option to /var/lib/cobbler/settings and it will automagically appear on every profile and system. (run "cobbler sync" to apply changes)
In this case, I am concerned with a problem at PXE boot time, prior to kickstart. In particular, the IPAPPEND 2 line above, I thought the IPAPPEND was an element in the pxe configuration, not a kernel option. For ksdevice, yea, I can see how to do that now. My point was, I didn't see a good way to make changes to /tftboot/pxelinux.cfg/default stick. Maybe I misunderstood the docs. What is the point of /etc/cobbler/default.pxe? Thanks.
