Actually, I solved the problem by removing the isolinux timeout so that nothing proceeds beyond the "boot:" prompt until someone manually types a valid install target (or just <enter> to get the default). So, if someone leaves the CD in the drive and goes out for lunch, the machine will just be sitting at the prompt when they return. They can just pop out the CD and ctl-alt-del... I like your suggestion Fraser, although I don't quite understand how to specify boot from disk in isolinux.cfg -- the targets that you specify seem to be from the boot medium, in this case the CD. Anyway, thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Campbell, Fraser [mailto:Fraser.Campbell@tdsecurities.com] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:17 PM To: suse-autoinstall@lists.suse.com Subject: RE: [suse-autoinstall] chroot-scripts not running Charles Suffin wrote:
The only problem is that if a target PC has the CD drive above the hard disk (in BIOS boot list), you can get into an infinite loop of reinstalling the machine on each reboot. Even when I added an "eject" command into my chroot or pre-install script, these darn drives pull the CD back into the machine when it resets/reboots!
Have the default isolinux option be "boot from harddisk" that way unless someone is there to manually select the desired install method no reinstall can happen ... this is what we do and I agree CD is infinitely less hassle than PXE. Boot from harddisk is the default option on standard SuSE CDs (at least for Enterprise server) so you should be good just copying that config onto your customized install CDs. Fraser -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com