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*booting USB or DVD media and choosing the "Groovix Automatic Install/Re-Install" value. label/site/type values will be automatically restored from saved values. | *booting USB or DVD media and choosing the "Groovix Automatic Install/Re-Install" value. label/site/type values will be automatically restored from saved values. | ||
*asking Groovix staff | *asking Groovix staff | ||
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== What has NOT changed in Groovix 2013 == | == What has NOT changed in Groovix 2013 == | ||
*From an end user perspective not much has changed aside from newer program versions. | *From an end user perspective not much has changed aside from newer program versions. | ||
| − | *Aside from a revamped Groovix Net Control, there have been no major changes to the server side of Groovix including monitoring, reservations, print management, etc. | + | *Aside from a revamped Groovix Net Control, there have been no major changes to the server side of Groovix including monitoring, reservations, print management, etc. Development will focus on the server side code during 2014. |
Revision as of 14:47, 25 September 2013
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Notable Changes in Groovix 2013
Here is a short list of changes in Groovix 2013 that may affect administrative tasks. From an end user perspective not much has changed aside from newer program versions.
Changing Label/Site/Type
If you need to modify a workstation's label, site, or type after it has been imaged, edit the /etc/groovix/groovix.conf file instead of editing /etc/groovix/label /etc/groovix/site and /etc/groovix/type /etc/groovix/type2, etc. as you did in Groovix 1004.
It is OK to add a site or type if they were undefined during imaging, and additional types may added at any time. However, Groovix (2013 or previous versions) DOES NOT SUPPORT changing from one label or site to another, or deleting a type. This is because there is no logic in Groovix Net Control to undo changes triggered by previous label/site/type values. In a emergency you may be able to get away with changing label/site/type values without re-imaging, but if you call for support we will ask that you re-image it. Re-imaging with Groovix 2013 is really easy, see the Re-Imaging section below for more details. If you are going to use an automatic Re-Install/re-image option you should reboot or run groovix-net-control first to make sure the new label/site/type values are saved on the server.
Imaging
Re-Imaging
Groovix 2013 workstations can be re-imaged with the following methods:
- Booting up the machine and choosing groovix-re-install from the grub menu
- The "GNU GRUB" menu appears for five seconds during boot. You may repeatedly hit the down arrow on the keyboard once per second during boot until you see the "GNU GRUB" boot menu to avoid missing it.
- running groovix-auto-re-install from the command line (locally or remotely through ssh)
- booting USB or DVD media and choosing the "Groovix Automatic Install/Re-Install" value. label/site/type values will be automatically restored from saved values.
- asking Groovix staff
What has NOT changed in Groovix 2013
- From an end user perspective not much has changed aside from newer program versions.
- Aside from a revamped Groovix Net Control, there have been no major changes to the server side of Groovix including monitoring, reservations, print management, etc. Development will focus on the server side code during 2014.
