More beginner questions

Robert Markula robert at markula.org
Wed Mar 8 12:31:51 CET 2017


Am 08.03.2017 um 10:05 schrieb Bill MacAllister:
> I have a minimal FAI server up to the point where it will install
> stretch on a client system.  I now need to be able to install other
> distributions. I understand that I need to create or download
> basefiles.  That is straight forward to me. What I am fuzzy on is how
> I create a PXE configuration so that the client picks the correct base
> file.
>
> [...]
>
> How do I tell FAI to add the class XENIAL?

The basefile is chosen based on the FAI class. The basefile itself may
be named after a class you assign in your 'class/50-host-classes'.

E.g. if you define a FAI class 'OS_UBUNTU_1404_AMD64' then the basefile
with the name 'basefiles/OS_UBUNTU_1404_AMD64.tar.gz' will be chosen.

Robert


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