> Back to the original poster, are you looking for a way to rebuild the > nodes automatically, remotely, and completely hands off, or just merely > to rebuild them quickly? I only deal with a couple of dozen nodes (not > hundreds), and using kickstart and storing the config files on the > server allows me to rebuild a node in about 15 minutes, of which only > the first minute or two requires my attention and physical presence. I > wrote a simple Perl script that generates the kickstart file for each node. thanks for the reply's - the main issue i have is that when i build a new box currently my kix has to go something like ./addnewbox 'mac-yada-yada-yada' <hostname> <ip> <image name> then walk away - yes i know thats not that hard and requires minimum effort - I do however have to find mac's out first etc which on a lot of boxes at once can be a pain. i like the idea in rocks to be able to go next mac you see install with x image so that i can just power up the boxes in order. I guess id'd also like to be able to select a bunch of already running boxes and have them rebuild to where they were last install just like rocks can also do so i guess i'm after a mix of what i have now and some features that rocks has. I would also like to be able to force a pix boot next reboot just like the 'shoot-node' command in rocks but i dont seem to be able to figure out how that works!! thanks