[ydl-gen] Installing YDL 4.1 on new Xserve

Jonathan G. Hartje hartje at arlut.utexas.edu
Wed Mar 22 09:37:11 MST 2006


This brings up another interesting question. Has anyone tried to 
PXE/netboot any Xserves yet using YDL 4.1?

Jonathan



Kai Staats wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 March 2006 22:57, drivah at speakeasy.net wrote:
>   
>> We have a new Xserve.  The new YDL 4.1 installs just
>> fine on two new dual cpu G5s.  Now on to the Xserve.
>> What is the prefered method?  The Xserve is headless.
>>
>> 1)Buy a graphics card?  Which brand?
>>
>> 2) take the Xserve HD out and install it in one of the
>> G5s?
>>
>> 3) There is a serial port on the Xserve and I've seen
>> mention of serial console.  Is there a console monitor
>> where I can boot off network resource for installation
>> or local DVD/CD?
>>     
>
> Y-HPC is the recommended method as it offers a means of building cluster 
> nodes, rapidly and effectively. Else, you will need to establish a 
> tftp/dhcp/ramdisk/rsync environment as well as set the cluster node for 
> headless booting.
>
> kai
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