On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Lenz, Fabian wrote:
Hello!
I install Linux over network with pxe! There is a DHCP/tftp server and a nfs server. The installation works, but the installation starts always when the PC is booting.
On page 41, chapter 7.1.2, example 7-2 and 7-3, is an example how to stop the installation after the reboot. Is there a way to solve the problem without remove a file or a symlink, like an autoyastdaemon?
My approach to this is rather simpler, and I'll implement it sometime Real Soon Now(tm). I've got the hard drive before the NIC in the boot order in BIOS. On a new PC, there's no bootable MBR so the machine skips the hard drive and boots from the NIC. When you want to reinstall a machine all you have to do is make the hard drive unbootable: 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1' before a reboot should do the trick - this bit I haven't tested yet... Bjørn -- Bjørn Tore Sund Phone: (+47) 555-84894 Stupidity is like a System administrator Fax: (+47) 555-89672 fractal; universal and Math. Department Mobile: (+47) 918 68075 infinitely repetitive. University of Bergen VIP: 81724 teknisk@mi.uib.no Email: bjornts@mi.uib.no http://www.mi.uib.no/