Honest Guvnor wrote: > Greetings, > > We would like to change the BIOS settings on our compute nodes to > enable PXE booting which is disabled by default (AMIBIOS on Intel > D875PBZ Pentium 4 motherboard). Reading and writing with /dev/nvram > seems to work as expected but reboot fails because of a test against > the checksum of the previous BIOS settings. Is there a way round this? > > The nodes have no video card, there is no support for a serial console > in the BIOS but there are floppy disk drives. Any thoughts on > alternative ways to change the BIOS? > > We have the fallback option of putting an Etherboot floppy disk in > every node when we want to reinstall but would like to avoid this if > we can, > > Andy.
This is where the Crash Cart comes into play. You know, the one with the tools, crimper, maybe some spare fans, etc. Usually a monitor and keyboard as well. -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs To have no errors would be life without meaning No struggle, no joy _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
