Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-08-05 Diskussionsfäden Tim Cutts
On 21 Jul 2009, at 1:51 pm, Joel Merrick wrote: There might be a dirty way: Write a FAI script or a hook for the final part of the installation. This script changes the pxe configuration in such a way that the node does not boot locally but it boots a DOS image. This DOS image contains tools f

Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-07-21 Diskussionsfäden Joel Merrick
> There might be a dirty way: > > Write a FAI script or a hook for the final part of the installation. > This script changes the pxe configuration in such a way that the node > does not boot locally but it boots a DOS image. > This DOS image contains tools for setting the NVRAM and CMOS. Create a >

Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-07-20 Diskussionsfäden Sridhar Kumar Kotturu
Thanks for all the replies. I've kept the BIOS boot order constant (i.e. Network boot first) and changing the PXE config file to boot the network image for first time and hard disk for the second time. Regards, Sridhar. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Henning Fehrmann < henning.fehrm...@aei.mpg.

Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-07-20 Diskussionsfäden Henning Fehrmann
Hello, >I'm working on a project to do automatic Cent OS installation. >I've done all the things successfully except manual intervention in BIOS >boot order change. >I'm using PXE boot server, DHCP, tftp, syslinux, kickstart configuration >for the OS installation. >It seems

Re: Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-07-18 Diskussionsfäden Thomas Lange
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:29:34 +0530, Sridhar Kumar Kotturu > said: > It seems in the Linux, it is NOT possible to change BIOS boot order in > running LINUX box. AFAIK it's not possible. There may be some hacks, but these don't work on all machines. In FAI, the machines always bo

Changing the BIOS boot order in linux

2009-07-18 Diskussionsfäden Sridhar Kumar Kotturu
Hello, I'm working on a project to do automatic Cent OS installation. I've done all the things successfully except manual intervention in BIOS boot order change. I'm using PXE boot server, DHCP, tftp, syslinux, kickstart configuration for the OS installation. It seems in the Linux, it is NOT poss