>>>>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:42:33 +0000 >>>>> "TB" == Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net> wrote: TB> in rocks when you run the shoot-node command it reboots the TB> box to PXE, even if PXE is not first in the boot order it TB> seems, does anyone know how that is achieved? Is it in the TB> grub config and if so how? There is a pseudo-service rocks-grub installed on every rocks-node. When the node boots it sets the grub-configuration in such a way that grub will call pxe-boot. At the end of a regular shutdown it resets the grub-configuration to the regular harddisk-boot. That way every time something bad happens to the node (in other words: was not shutdown regularily) the node 'boots' by PXE (and is reinstalled). The bottom line is that the BIOS-Bootorder does not get changed (the node always boots from harddisk, just into different configurations) >> >>> 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 TB> _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing TB> list CentOS at centos.org TB> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos