On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 07:21:37PM +0000, Dan White wrote:
---- 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.
Which "they" are you referring to ?
The admins of the dhcp server. They would for all the systems
they pxeboot for you use the same entry. This could fetch things
via http from always the same place on your cobbler system, and
you would in that place provide the content for the exact system
you want to deploy.
Would be limited to just one system pxebooting at a time, the
cobblersystem would at the one place just always offer the things
for one system.
Also just a rough idea, could hang fast looking at details.
Christian