---- Christian Horn <chorn(a)fluxcoil.net> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:54:58PM +0000, Dan White wrote:
>
> I started out with a classic Cobbler Server, net/PXE-booting the clients to
install.
> However, the folks controlling DHCP are pro-Microsoft/anti-Linux and are
uncooperative.
> If I do my own DHCP, it will cause problems -- possibly technical problems, most
definitely bureaucratic/security problems.
> So my intent is to find an alternate workflow that could remove the DHCP-related
obstacle.
I am wondering if they could do just a static load of gpxe for you,
and that could always hint on i.e. fetching something via http then
from your cobbler box which you can control.
Maybe reading up on what gpxe can do helps giving ideas.
Christian
Which "they" are you referring to ?
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is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
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