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I would like to have clients boot from a specific server based on their MAC address. I have tried using this script:

Code:

#!ipxe

ifopen

:mac-check

iseq ${netx/mac} EC:A8:6B:F5:44:9F && goto server2 || 

:server1

imgfree

echo Attempting to boot from Server 1

kernel tftp://192.168.1.11/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz root=/dev/nbd0 init=/sbin/init-ltsp vt.handoff=7 nbdroot=192.168.1.11:ltsp_i386 || goto second

initrd tftp://192.168.1.11/ltsp/i386/initrd.img || goto second

boot ||

:server2

imgfree

echo Attempting to boot from Server 2

kernel tftp://192.168.1.12/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz root=/dev/nbd0 init=/sbin/init-ltsp vt.handoff=7 nbdroot=192.168.1.12:ltsp_i386 || goto first

initrd tftp://192.168.1.12/ltsp/i386/initrd.img || goto first

boot || goto first

But the client with MAC address EC:A8:6B:F5:44:9F still boots from server1, not server2 as it should. Where am I going wrong?

You need to use netX, not netx.

Thank you! The devil's in the details Wink

Working perfectly now, magic.

Here's the script for anyone who wants to do anything similar:

Code:

#!ipxe

ifopen

:mac-check

iseq ${netX/mac} ec:a8:6b:f5:45:94 && goto server2 ||                   #PC10

:server1

imgfree

echo Attempting to boot from Server 1

kernel tftp://192.168.1.11/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz root=/dev/nbd0 init=/sbin/init-ltsp vt.handoff=7 nbdroot=192.168.1.11:ltsp_i386 || goto server2

initrd tftp://192.168.1.11/ltsp/i386/initrd.img || goto server2

boot ||

:server2

imgfree

echo Attempting to boot from Server 2

kernel tftp://192.168.1.12/ltsp/i386/vmlinuz root=/dev/nbd0 init=/sbin/init-ltsp vt.handoff=7 nbdroot=192.168.1.12:ltsp_i386 || goto server1

initrd tftp://192.168.1.12/ltsp/i386/initrd.img || goto server1

boot || goto server1

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