in rocks when you run the shoot-node command it reboots the box to PXE, even if PXE is not first in the boot order it seems, does anyone know how that is achieved? Is it in the grub config and if so how? thanks > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos