[et-mgmt-tools] koan - rh7.3 - possible?

[Tom Brown]

>
> In all fairness -- they are much better options.   --replace-self 
> assumes the system is bootable (and probably network accessible if you 
> want to automate mass replacement), so if you wreck your OS on any of 
> them, you are going to want one of the other options anyway.
>
> If you don't have PXE capability in your network, fighting to get it 
> is well worth it.   If not, the ISO (other than requiring physical
> access -- assuming you don't have a management card that allows 
> pushing ISO's down), will achieve PXE-equivalent capability.
>
> This works especially well if you use the pxe_just_once setting in 
> /var/lib/cobbler/settings and set your machines up to PXE every time
> they boot.
>
> In this scenario, reinstallations can be done as simply as:
>
> cobbler system edit --name=FOO --netboot-enabled=1 --profile=newprofile
> (and cycle power once)
>
> Once the system completes installing, it will deactivate it's PXE 
> configuration file and PXE through to local boot until you decide to 
> reinstall it again.
>

yes - i can PXE on _most_ of the network(s) just not this one, at the 
moment at least i am working on that, so until i reach that goal i'll 
use a koan CD - I have management cards where i can attach the iso so i 
dont actually have to be there

thanks