[BBLISA] MBR that reboots machine

[Daniel Feenberg]

On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Bill Bogstad wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg at nber.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Aaron Macks wrote:
>>
>>> Is is possible to increase the PXE timeout in the NIC BIOS?  Set the
>>> timeout long
>>> enough and it'll keep asking for the PXE kernel until the server has come
>>> online.  I
>>> know this means a bios change to every machine manually, but at least
>>> there's no
>>> maintenance
>>
>>
>> BIOS parameters to set a go back to the first option on failure of all boot
>> options are extremely rare, but I have it at least once. I have never seen a
>> BIOS with an adjustable timeout in the CMOS.
>>
>> Anyway, why repeat the boot automatically, when the operator can log in to
>> the IPMI and do it manually?
>
> Downtime?  If there has been a power failure there may be lots of other 
> things which require human intervention.  If this part of recovery can 
> be automated without negative consequences/high costs, why not do so?

Yes, of course you are right. I meant to be sarcastic, but given the state 
of the industry I can see that wasn't obvious.

dan feenberg

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