On 03/06/2012 08:44 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
> After talking with a co-worker we had the thought that some of these 
> parameters might need to be on a separate append line in grub.conf 
> which would make it look like a pxeboot file.  Gonna try that next.
>
That didn't change the behavior at all.  One reason for wanting to get 
this working is I have some systems that started having issues with 
embedded NIC's dropping off the network for no apparent reason.  We 
never found a good fix for that so add-on cards were installed, but they 
do not have PXE boot capability.  I do all my installs via PXE with a 
kickstart and a vnc display.  I also have a few systems that are remote, 
so getting to them to reboot, hit F11 or whatever to select "Boot from 
Network" is kind of a pain.  Hand jamming the kernel and install image 
with a tweak to grub.conf will let me get effectively a pxe boot 
environment going so the install can happen and I can sit at my desk, 
drink my coffee and play Mahjongg^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H monitor the 
trouble ticket server.

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Stephen Berg
Systems Administrator
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