Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
1 Rookie
•
10 Posts
0
26914
June 8th, 2011 09:00
More syscfg BIOS examples
I have a need to change the BIOS to "ForcePXEonNextBoot". I am imaging a large number of DELL Optiplex workstations that have no CD/DVD. I have a PXE cloning server that pushes the image to the Optiplex's but I have to first boot the Optiplex and change the BIOS to PXE Boot. Of course, that means hooking up keyboard and video then setting the BIOS and rebooting. I would like to automate that work. I was hoping to find some examples of where I could create a bootable USB thumb drive (first in boot sequence) that starts linux and uses DTK/syscfg to do this automation for me. Do you have any more examples that may help me?
No Events found!
DELL-Warren B
1.1K Posts
0
June 8th, 2011 11:00
--forcepxenextboot
Valid Argument
enable, disable
Description
Enables or disables Force PXE on next boot in BIOS.
If enabled, when the BIOS boots next time, the first PXE-capable device is
inserted as the first device in the boot sequence. Enabling this value causes
this operation on the next boot only, and does not cause a change in the
defined boot sequence of the system. The BIOS chooses the first PXEcapable
device as the onboard network controller of the system, if present
and enabled, or the first bootable network device found in the standard
PCI search order of the system- whichever comes first.
If disabled, the boot override feature is disabled and the system boot
sequence is in effect.
Example
C:\>cctk --forcepxenextboot=enable
forcepxenextboot=enable
from the user guide - http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SOFTWARE/smcctk/2.0/CLI/pdf/CCTK2.0CLI.pdf