All - I very much appreciate the brain trust we have here. I have a question that I'm apologizing in advance for. It may be too simple. Here is what I am trying to accomplish; and yea, I have used Google but I need a plain English - "setup this then setup that and here's a tip to get it to work" kindof information.
Background:
Prior to putting servers into production, we typically test servers out using the latest Ubuntu installation at a time. My job is to assemble the server hardware, without drives, and ensure fans are working as well as some of the major motherboard components. Right now, I hook a USB CD drive to the servers, install Ubuntu 13.04 and then run test scripts. The admins handle the actual provisioning once we put them into production.
Issue:
This totally sucks. Why can't I just have a Ubuntu installation DVD on the Synology and boot to that OR just have an image I can port from machine to machine?
Question:
Is there a way I can do something like make an iSCSI drive on the Synology, boot a board automatically to the iSCSI drive and have all of the test software and scripts already on the image. I tried just moving a hard drive from machine to machine but Ubuntu stops bringing up the network and calls the network device something different every time.
TIA!
Background:
Prior to putting servers into production, we typically test servers out using the latest Ubuntu installation at a time. My job is to assemble the server hardware, without drives, and ensure fans are working as well as some of the major motherboard components. Right now, I hook a USB CD drive to the servers, install Ubuntu 13.04 and then run test scripts. The admins handle the actual provisioning once we put them into production.
Issue:
This totally sucks. Why can't I just have a Ubuntu installation DVD on the Synology and boot to that OR just have an image I can port from machine to machine?
Question:
Is there a way I can do something like make an iSCSI drive on the Synology, boot a board automatically to the iSCSI drive and have all of the test software and scripts already on the image. I tried just moving a hard drive from machine to machine but Ubuntu stops bringing up the network and calls the network device something different every time.
TIA!
