Fun with Reboot!

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From the computer of: Dave (2 recipes)
Created: Oct 26, 2003

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Need to reconfiure boot a system, but can't (or don't want to) get to the console? Jumpstart a client without physically having to reboot and then Stop-A from the console? No problem! Let 'reboot' take care of it for you!

Passing options is to 'reboot' is easy with the "--" switch. You can use it to pass boot options just like you were at the console:

To reconfigure-boot a system from over the network:
1. Log in, become root
2. root@yourbox# reboot -- -r

Which is equal to running a reboot, Stop-A, boot -r from the console!

To jumpstart a client is a little trickier, but easy still!
1. Log in, become root
2. root@yourbox# reboot -- "net - install"

...and the client will jump! It's just like walking to the console, becoming root, rebooting, Stop-A, and running a 'boot net - install'. It's that easy!