Differences between version 31 and predecessor to the previous major change of WlugBladeServer.
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| Newer page: | version 31 | Last edited on Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:16:23 pm | by BruceKingsbury | Revert |
| Older page: | version 30 | Last edited on Monday, May 25, 2009 8:32:16 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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<tt>user accounts</tt>::
* Require SSH keys to be installed in order to log in
* required to be a member of the sysadmins group in order to log into the db, mail, www1, www2 blades
* required to be a member of the wlugcomm group in order to run the hoihotools management scripts
+
+
+== zcat's PXE debian install notes ==
+
+Start here for setting up dhcp and tftp;
+http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en
+
+also http://stateless.geek.nz/2008/03/01/setting-up-a-pxe-linux-recovery-deployment-server-using-debian-lennyetch/ is helpful (basically the same stuff, condensed)
+
+Only the bottom row (eth0) can be PXE booted. Hopefully the hoiho chassis has been configured with this as the 'private' network.
+
+It's possibly also a good idea to lock down PXE boot to specific MAC addresses so no other blades can accidentally be PXE booted into the installer.
+
+Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg
+and add the first line "serial 0 115200 0"
+
+Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/txt.cfg
+and add "console=ttyS0,115200" to the kernel options.
+
+PXE boot the desired blade, the boot menu and debian installer should all be accessable from the iLO serial console.
