Boot tape

[Alex_17]

Hi,

we want to boot any client and then from its Ignite server make a bootsys, but we would like to have only one tape to boot any client (more than 20 clients).

We need a tape with the minimal information to boot a client.

Is it posible??

Thanks,

Alex.

[Wim Rombauts]

If i'm right, use dd to put /usr/lib/uxbootlf on tape. I think you need to use 2k as blocksize for this.

But why not boot from the network ? Then you don't need any tape at all ?

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

You should do it from the network based ignite server. You can create customised images for all if you really like.. or a golden image using make_sys_image.

See the ignite section of the forums for more.

Later,
Bill

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

Take a look at this URL:


http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,11866,0x88cbcf38d6bdd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

Hope this will help,

Gideon

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Another step by step guide:

http://www.software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/sysadm.html

Later,
Bill

[Alex_17]

Hi Wim,

thanks for your help. Some of the clients are V-servers and as I know they can't boot from network. In addition the built-in network interface is different from the Ignite network interface.

Alex.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi alex,

You can create a make_recovery tape and use it to boot the client and then do a install using your ignite server. Or you can simply boot your client using the ignite server network boot.

Here is a link on how to create a good boot tape,

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=a934b2c404fd6b5412/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000056988398

Here is a link to ignite faq,

http://software.hp.com/products/IUX/docs/iux_faq

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Alex_17]

Hi Sanjay,

if I make a make_recovery tape I think I should do a tape for every client, shouldn't I??.

Thanks,

Alex.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Alex,

It is good if you can make seperate tape for different client. We prefere doing that. This prevents any problem with hardware incompatibility betweeb different models and configuarions. However, what i understood from your post is that, you want a minimum boot tape and then you should be able to connect to your ignite server. You should be able to do that after booting from any tape, i guess. however there will always be an issue with the network card that you will be using to connect to ignite server. As long as it is the default network card on the Core I/O, there is no problem. If it is some other card, it will be a problem, because the kernel you are booting from (the tape kernel) may not recognise the lan port.

There is one more option, you can boot through the install/core OS CD and then connect to the ignite server and do the rest of the installation using that. For that you need to use the network media install insted of the local media install.

Hope this helps you a liitle.

Regds