Hi There
I have IBM x3400M3s that don't boot properly when in legacy PXE mode and
localboot is used. It's a known issue on some servers and the general
response is to use the chain.c32 bootloader. This does work, but I have to
specify the exact drive I want to boot from, which in my case is sdd.
I've figured out that to install to sdd is relatively easy, I can add an
'install-disk' option to my host config, but how do I override the PXELinux
default file which is created post-installation to use the chained
bootloader and sdd?
This is a mixed environment, I manage physicals as well as virtuals which
work fine with the current config, so I'm looking for an override that can
be applied for a particular host group.
Using forman 1.4.1
Thanks
-Thomas
There's a template called "PXELinux default local boot" which is what
get written for all hosts not in build state. Sadly there's no way to
specify a different alternative file for certain hosts, but you can
put an if/else section in that template, something like:
<% if hostgroup.name == "Physicals" -%>
stuff
<% else -%>
other stuff
<% end -%>
HTH,
Greg
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On 11 April 2014 12:51, Thomas Black wrote:
> Hi There
>
> I have IBM x3400M3s that don't boot properly when in legacy PXE mode and
> localboot is used. It's a known issue on some servers and the general
> response is to use the chain.c32 bootloader. This does work, but I have to
> specify the exact drive I want to boot from, which in my case is sdd.
>
> I've figured out that to install to sdd is relatively easy, I can add an
> 'install-disk' option to my host config, but how do I override the PXELinux
> default file which is created post-installation to use the chained
> bootloader and sdd?
>
> This is a mixed environment, I manage physicals as well as virtuals which
> work fine with the current config, so I'm looking for an override that can
> be applied for a particular host group.
>
> Using forman 1.4.1
Sorry, that should be
<% if @host.hostgroup.name == "Physicals" -%>
