Profile based installation (not based on MAC address or hostname)

[Michael Goetze]

Hi Peter,

>   i. Create an entry in the /etc/.../dhcpd.conf (maybe /srv/... may be a
> better place in future as the file will grow in size) adding an entry
> for the MAC address and the specified IP address and host name;
>   ii. Use fai-chboot to create a network boot configuration profile for
> the client to-be-installed, specifying the requested installation
> profile;
>   iii. When the client boots FAI will install, and at the end of the
> successful installation the FAI server removes the reference to the
> bootloader file from the host specification in /etc/.../dhcpd.conf for
> the installed client, and removes the previously created network boot
> configuration profile.

Sure, this is one way to do it, though I don't see why your hostnames
should be so random that FAI cannot parse them to figure out what
classes it ought to install. Another way would be to simply have a
script in your class/ directory which asks for the installation profile
interactively.

Regards,
Michael