[et-mgmt-tools] Changing items in /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/{MACADDRESS}
Sandor W. Sklar
ssklar at stanford.edu
Sun Feb 3 05:58:30 UTC 2008
Sorry for responding to my own question, but I figured it out.
Setting --kopts="ksdevice=eth2" does work, but ONLY if you also
specify the MAC address when you add the system.
-s-
On Feb 1, 2008, at 5:35 PM, Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
>
> We've got a bunch of Sun X4200 M2 systems, and on these systems, the
> device physically labeled "NET0" actually comes up as eth2, when
> booted from any RH-like operating system.
>
> My problem is I can't determine a way of changing this value in the /
> tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/MA:CA:DD:RE:SS file that gets generated by
> cobbler. I wind up with an entry like ...
>
> append ksdevice=eth0 lang= console=ttyS0,9600n8 text
> syslog=xxxxx.xxxx.xxx:25150 kssendmac initrd=/images/rhel5Server-
> x86_64/initrd.img ks=http://xxxxx.xxxx.xxx/cblr/kickstarts_sys/xxxxx.xxx.xxx/ks.cfg
>
> I don't want to change the "default" file in there, because for most
> of my systems, eth0 is the right device. I tried setting --
> kopts="ksdevice=eth2" but that didn't make a difference in the
> pxelinux.cfg/... file.
>
> Am I missing something obvious? Thanks,
>
> -s-
>
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