rinstall - Begin installation on a noderange
rinstall [-o|--osver] [-p|--profile] [-a|--arch] [-c|--console] [noderange]
rinstall is a convience command that will change tables as requested for operating system version, profile, and architecture, call nodeset to modify the network boot configuration, and rpower to begin a boot cycle. If -c is specified, it will then become the text console of the node. If wanting consoles on multiple nodes with a similar command, see winstall(8).
Specifies which os version to install. If unspecified, the current table values are used.
Specifies what profile should be used of the operating system. If not specified the tables are used as is.
Specifies what architecture of the OS to install. Typically this is unneeded, but if provisioning betweer x86_64 and x86 frequently, this may be a useful flag.
Requests that rinstall become rcons once the install commences. This will only work if there is only one node in the noderange. See winstall(8) for consoles on multiple systems.
rinstall node1-node20
Install nodes 1 through 20, using configuration as is from tables.
rinstall -o rhels5.1 -p compute node1-node20
Install nodes 1 through 20, forcing rhels5.1 and compute profile.
rinstall -c node1
Install node1 and start a console to monitor the process
Jarrod B Johnson <jbjohnso@us.ibm.com>