[et-mgmt-tools] Changing items in/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/{MACADDRESS}

[Waller, Darrick J (US SSA)]

IIRC, you can also do ksdevice=link, and it will pick whichever network
interface is live.

-Darrick

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Sandor W. Sklar
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:59 PM
To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools
Subject: Re: [et-mgmt-tools] Changing items
in/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/{MACADDRESS}

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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