Le jeu 26/06/2003 à 17:39, John a écrit : > On 26 Jun 2003, Eric Doutreleau wrote: > > > Le jeu 26/06/2003 à 16:29, John a écrit : > > > On 26 Jun 2003, Eric Doutreleau wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I'm wondering if it s possible when doing a network base kickstart > > > > installation ( throug dhcp ) to set up the vendor class identifier in > > > > the dhcp request in order to get different parameter. > > > > > > > > We have multi boot system here and we install all of our machine > > > > through network. > > > > Therefore there s some kind of competition among diffrent os for the > > > > value of > > > > next server > > > > boot_filename > > > > in the dhcpd.conf. > > > > > > > > if we could set up the vci to a particuliar value for kickstart we would > > > > solved our problem at least for kickstart. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any help > > > > > > Can't you each have your own LAN segment for installation purposes? > > > That's what I prefer > > > > Well i just can't > > and even if i could i would prefer not to :) > > Trust me. life is easier if you own the LAN! i don't own the lan because i don't own the machine :) I have to install linux on a multi boot machine. > > > . > > > > > > If not, it shouldn't be hard to modify pump in the installer to add > > > additional information... AHhhhhhhhhh > > > > Hmm > > It s what i would like to do > > do you have any information about doing that? > > > > > > This is before the installer? > > > > Well i really don't know. > > Think... You turn on the machine, the BOOT ROM in the NIC talks to your > DHCP server and fetches the file the server says from the server it > says. > No i boot from CD. But i want to get my kickstart file from the dhcp server. and the windows sysadmin want to go to their RIS server after booting pxe. and perhaps the freebsd admin want something else :) > Then Anaconda starts, if you were lucky enough to get _your_ reply. > > > > > > > > > You can probably use etherboot (www.etherboot.org) to load and run the > > > installer: it doesn't do PXE, but it shouldn't be hard to make NBI > > > images, and from then on it's all the same. > > > > > > It means you either burn your own ROMs, or boot the "ROM" from floppy - > > > intended for testing, but handy when your NIC doesn't have ROM. > > > > > > > > > Here's my etherboot segment from dhcpd.conf: > > > # Filched from http://clic.mandrakesoft.com/documentation/pxe/ch04.html > > > class "Etherboot" > > > { > > > match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 13) = "Etherboot-5.0"; > > > option vendor-encapsulated-options 3c:09:45:74:68:65:72:62:6f:6f:74:ff; > > > option vendor-class-identifier "Etherboot-5.0"; > > > vendor-option-space PXE; > > > option PXE.mtftp-ip 0.0.0.0; > > > filename "/tftpboot.ser"; > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > Presumably you can change the Etherboot string in the ROM and config > > > file to something else if several of you want to do it on the same LAN. > > > > > I would prefer not to use etherboot as i have a lot of different > > hardware. > > with kickstart i boot with only one CD for all my machine. > > i would love not lose this fact. > > So what filename do you need from the DHCP server? If you're booting > from CD then you don't need boot info from the DHCP server because > you've already booted. > i need my kickstart file for the machine i just boot Every machine has its own kickstart file. i have about 300 kickstart file. this kickstart file is on a nfs server i just want to have dhcp give the ip of NFS server the directory where it is. i would have love to use PXE but the windows admin "control" the DHCP server. Therefore they have put on network a ris server i can't use. then i have to find a way not to distrub them. Life is so hard sometimes :) > > > > > > > Nevertheless thanks for your answer. > > > > > > -- Eric Doutreleau <Eric.Doutreleau@xxxxxxxxxxx>
