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RE: [suse-autoinstall] Help with installing multiple machines over network
by Schumacher, Gordon 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

# From: Richard Hobbs [mailto:richard.hobbs@crl.toshiba.co.uk] # Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 10:42 AM # To: 'Uwe Gansert'; suse-autoinstall(a)suse.com # Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] Help with installing multiple machines # over network [snip] # Also, I have read somewhere that I can use a configuration # server to store xml files for each machine I have, and given # the quantity of machines, this would be the ideal approach # for me because each one obviously needs a different IP # address and hostname, so I can't use the same XML file for # all the machines. I don't know whether this would work for you, but what I'm doing in my configuration is running DHCP, and launching a post-script to change the hostname. Then afterwards, I can go back and manually configure the system to where I want it: #!/bin/bash suffix=$(hexdump -n 4 -e '"%x"' /dev/urandom) echo myprefix-$suffix.your.domain.name >/etc/HOSTNAME cat >/etc/hosts <<@@@@End-Of-Hosts-File@@@@ # # hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address # mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly # used at boot time, when no name servers are running. # On small systems, this file can be used instead of a # "named" name server. # Syntax: # # IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname # 127.0.0.1 localhost # special IPv6 addresses ::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback fe00::0 ipv6-localnet ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts 127.0.0.2 myprefix-$suffix.your.domain.name myprefix-$suffix @@@@End-Of-Hosts-File@@@@ ]]>

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Help with installing multiple machines over network
by Richard Hobbs 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hello, I hope I have joined the correct mailing list here, but apologies if not. I have multiple machines, all of which are identical, onto which I would like to install SuSE 10. I have already installed one machine and got it setup the way I would like it, in terms of package selections, partitioning etc... And I would now like to replicate that across the remaining machines if possible. I have read the first section of the SuSE 10 manual, entitled "Advanced Deployment Scenarios", but this only seems to document how to boot the system into the manual installation routine remotely. Ideally, I need to boot from the network and begin a fully automated install which duplicates every single aspect of the first system, except with a different hostname and IP (which I don't mind entering manually during the install if necessary). Can this be done? I'm sure it can, but I can't find any guides or tutorials on how to do it, so if anyone can help, that would be very much appreciated :-) Thanks in advance, Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Normal Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Mobile Email: mobile(a)mongeese.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com

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