On 9/20/18 4:53 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/20/18 1:48 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 9/20/18 4:34 PM, Anderson, Charles R wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 08:29:24PM +0000, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> Some of these beasties are of, well, "older" vintage and are unable
to
>>> boot USB media natively. They can boot some USB-based and most
>>> IDE-based
>>> CD/DVD drives. I'd love to replace them with newer systems but am
>>> unable
>>> to unless they actually die an ugly and permanent death. I have to
>>> justify the cost and replacing them "just because they're old"
doesn't
>>> fly with our cost accountants. I'm stuck with them.
>> Do they not support PXE booting? If not, can you boot a CD that
>> contains a PXE boot loader?
>>
>
> PXE boot???? Set up a PXE server? And that has to be on the local
> subnet or you have to set up forwarding on your router? YIKES!
>
> But then I have avoided PXE boot for a decade or more for the above
> reasons.
PXE boot is so nice. It has been my primary install method for years
except for annoying laptops that lack an ethernet port. Set up a
kickstart file and you have a fast, consistent, and hands-off install.
I remember doing that. Was it Centos 4 and Fedora 10? I did it, and am
happy I am not anymore.