Hi Matt
On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Matt Luettgen <mattluettgen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
pxe_just_once will allow a system to still dhcp (if system profile is
not
set to static-ip...), but will not do the pxe handoff..forcing boot from
other options available in bios.
This is the effect I've tested: pxe_just_once "locks" the machine from
successfully completing PXE boot on the next boot (even the the
machine will attempt it on the next boot).
>
> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Locane <locane(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm glad it's working for you in Traiano.
>> Can you check on the boot order for your VM? I bet it's unchanged, and
>> what Cobbler is actually doing is setting up a "personalized" pxe boot
menu
>> for your system that just loads local disk. I briefly checked out the
>> pxe_just_once flag and it described how it functions but not how it
>> accomplishes its function. I'm guessing it works like that.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Traiano Welcome <traiano(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Matt
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Matt Luettgen
<mattluettgen(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > There is a way to have cobbler disable DHCP after the install. I'd
>>> > have to
>>> > login to work to tell you how to do it. What I do is what Locane said.
>>> > Set
>>> > the boot to Disk first, DHCP/PXE 2nd. First VM harddisk fails, so
>>> > DHCP/PXE
>>> > is the next step. Then cobbler installs the OS. The next boot attempt
>>> > goes
>>> > to the OS (because the boot order says disk first...)
>>>
>>> Thanks, that works beautifully :-)
>>> I think the cobbler configuration option is: pxe_just_once: 1
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Traiano Welcome
<traiano(a)gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Locane
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Locane <locane(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> >> > I don't work with VMs very much, but unless Virtual Box has
some
>>> >> > kind of
>>> >> > special API that allows you to connect to it and adjust
"BIOS
>>> >> > settings"
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > answer is probably No.
>>> >>
>>> >> That makes sense. I was hoping cobbler might include such a
feature.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Setting things like boot order or booting to a specific device
>>> >> > requires
>>> >> > systems support from the manufacturer, in my experience.
>>> >> > Supermicro's
>>> >> > IPMI
>>> >> > for example.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> It seems cobbler supports this via IPMI on bare metal.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Why does your boot order have to be PXE -> Disk? I think it
should
>>> >> > be
>>> >> > flipped... If the disk is empty it should try PXE next.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> For the initial installation, the VM device boot order needs to be
PXE
>>> >> ->
>>> >> Disk.
>>> >> Once the installation has completed, reboot happens and the order
>>> >> needs to be disk first, or else we get a re-install loop, or hang.
>>> >> Basically my objective is to get a smooth boot into a newly
installed
>>> >> system after the initial installation where the VM started off
booting
>>> >> with PXE.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Again though, don't work with VMs very much.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > PS: SE Linux gets in the way of cobbler in pretty much
everything.
>>> >> > Just
>>> >> > turn it off.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Oct 29, 2017 3:13 AM, "Traiano Welcome"
<traiano(a)gmail.com>
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hi List
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I'm using cobbler to install virtualbox vms, which
requires the
>>> >> >> boot
>>> >> >> order to be PXE -> Disk.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> However I'm not sure how to get cobbler to reconfigure
the boot
>>> >> >> order
>>> >> >> so the VM boots off the disk after the install is complete
(my VM
>>> >> >> attempts to boot off pxe again but fails because this is
disabled
>>> >> >> in
>>> >> >> cobbler).
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Is there a confguration option in cobbler / kickstart that
>>> >> >> reconfigures the virtualbox device boot order once the
install is
>>> >> >> complete?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Thanks,
>>> >> >> Traiano
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