[Users] Pxeboot

[Mike Burns]

On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 10:48 -0800, Li, David wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
> 
> Thanks for the link. 
> 
> However I can't quite tell if this is pxeboot installation or a truly
> stateless pxeboot that you not only suck in the configurations from
> the server but also NFS mount the final RHEV-H root fs from the same
> server. 
> 
> Mike has mentioned oVirt Node 2.3 can only do the install but not the
> stateless boot.  I wonder if this is the same case with RHEV-H.

Yes, it's pxe boot to install only.  The same is true for RHEV-H.

BTW, no 2.3 yet for ovirt-node, we're only on 2.2.2.

Mike

> 
> David
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Douglas Landgraf [mailto:dougsland at redhat.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 1:23 PM
> >To: Mike Burns
> >Cc: Li, David; users at ovirt.org
> >Subject: Re: [Users] Pxeboot
> >
> >Hi Li, David,
> >
> >On 02/08/2012 01:11 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 09:53 -0800, Li, David wrote:
> >>> Since oVirt node doesn’t support pxeboot in the current release,
> >>> does anyone know if I can use RHEV-H to pxeboot and nfs mout the rootfs?
> >> Where does it say that ovirt-node doesn't support pxe boot?  I use PXE
> >> in my testing.  I haven't heard of any issues with PXE either.
> >>
> >> The livecd-iso-to-pxeboot script in livecd-tools will create the
> >> initrd and vmlinuz files for you to import into your PXE server.
> >>
> >http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-
> >US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_for_Servers/2.1/html/5.4-
> >2.1_Hypervisor_Deployment_Guide/sect-Deployment_Guide-
> >Preparing_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization_Hypervisor_installation_media
> >-Deploying_RHEV_Hypervisors_with_PXE_and_tftp.html
> >
> >and
> >
> >http://dougsland.livejournal.com/122359.html
> >
> >might help you. Fell free to share any doubt with the mailing list.
> >
> >--
> >Cheers
> >Douglas
> 
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