Unable to eject boot cd during kickstart install

[John Summerfield]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>> Taking the CD ensures there won't be an install loop. Waiting for it's 
>> tedious.
>>
> 
> Sorry to take over the list (seriously), but cobbler has anti install 
> loop prevention features that solve that problem.
> 
> Just turn on pxe_just_once in settings and when a system finishes 
> installing, it will toggle the netboot flag for that system.

Doesn't help, when one boots boot.iso.


> 
> Should you want it to netboot again, you can do:
>    cobbler system edit --name=foo --netboot-enabled=1

I'm not sure I want to run round the offices or phone people to get this 
done. I often do network installs in another building from where the 
servers are, on a LAN that can't reach (by ssh and such) the servers.

> 
> The alternative is to set the BIOS behavior to only PXE if there is no 
> MBR, leaving PXE out of the normal boot order.

More recent systems I see have the ability to do a one-time boot from 
the network (and some from CD), but this doesn't help on systems that 
lack this facility.

The question I put is not how to fix a problem for an individual, but 
about how to provide a solution for many users.



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John

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