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| author | Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@redhat.com> | 2006-04-04 13:30:25 -0400 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-04-04 13:30:25 -0400 |
| commit | 059437de78a7edbda09b1d5a29e0d3dca53a531b (patch) | |
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Shoe is a simple network boot configuration tool. +bootconf is a simple network boot configuration tool. It helps you set up Linux networks for PXE booting. ***INSTRUCTIONS**** @@ -16,46 +16,46 @@ Verify that everything you need is set up. This will mention missing/stopped services and configuration errors. Errors? Correct any problems it reports, then run it again. - shoe check + bootconf check Define your distributions, and give them names A good example would be 'fc5-i386' or 'fc5-x86_64' Paths should be on a mounted filesystem. - shoe distro add --name="distro1" --kernel=path --initrd=path + bootconf distro add --name="distro1" --kernel=path --initrd=path Define your provisioning "groups", and give them names too. Groups might be called 'webservers' or 'qamachines' or 'desktops'. Each group needs to know it's distribution. Kickstart can be done over NFS, FTP, or HTTP url, or just 'off'. - shoe group add --name="group1" --distro="name1" --kickstart=url|off + bootconf group add --name="group1" --distro="name1" --kickstart=url|off Now add your systems to groups - shoe system add --name=mac|ipaddr|hostname --group="group1" + bootconf system add --name=mac|ipaddr|hostname --group="group1" Should you want to review things... - shoe distros list - shoe groups list - shoe systems list + bootconf distros list + bootconf groups list + bootconf systems list Should you need to delete anything ... - shoe distro remove --name="distro1" - shoe group remove --name="group1" - shoe system remove --name=ipaddr|mac + bootconf distro remove --name="distro1" + bootconf group remove --name="group1" + bootconf system remove --name=ipaddr|mac|hostname -Too much work? If you're brave, you can also edit '/etc/shoe.conf' +Too much work? If you're brave, you can also edit '/etc/bootconf.conf' Make a backup first. - vi /etc/shoe.conf + vi /etc/bootconf.conf Now make all of that bootable (immediately) - shoe sync -dryrun # for the paranoid - shoe sync + bootconf sync -dryrun # for the paranoid + bootconf sync That's it! |