--run-prerun-dir is not working
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I set up a clonezilla server one year ago and it worked just fine - after some adjustments - the way I needed it.
Now I wanted to upgrade this server, so I can use a newer clonezilla version (the old one seems not to work with grub2, …). But since this is a productive server I didn't want to touch it and decided to set up a new (virtual) machine.
The new server is a Debian Lenny 5.0.8 (Linux obelix 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Jan 27 00:28:05 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux).
I did it just like one year ago, configured everything and installed drbl (apt-get install drbl).
After that I executed /opt/drbl/sbin/drblsrv -i and /opt/drbl/sbin/drblpush -i with the same parameters and options as last time.
I am not using DRBL, just clonezilla box mode.
I edited /tftpboot/nbi_img/pxelinux.cfg/default and added the following lines:
label imageserver
MENU DEFAULT
# MENU HIDE
MENU LABEL Imageserver (Standard)
# MENU PASSWD
kernel vmlinuz-pxe
append initrd=initrd-pxe.img devfs=nomount drblthincli=off selinux=0 1 clientdir=node_root ocs_opt="-language en -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -r -clone-hidden-data -p poweroff -run-prerun-dir restoredisk ask_user ask_user"
Everything works just fine till here. The client shows the menu and boots … but I just cannot get it to start my prerun script. This is essential, because my script let's me choose whether to create or restore an image and let's me browse thru my images and choose one and after all it starts the cloning / restoring process.
So I just need the append line to start my script in /opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun
My script has no dots or any illegal characters:
obelix:~# run-parts -test /opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun
/opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun/ClonezillaImageSelect
Can anyone please tell me, why my script is not executed? Has anything changed during the last months, so that -run-prerun-dir is not valid anymore?
"clientdir=node_root" -> So you are using Clonezilla box mode there, right?
If so, after you put your script in /opt/drbl/share/ocs/prerun/, remember to run:
/opt/drbl/sbin/dcs -> All -> more -> gen-template-files.
Then the tarball template /tftpboot/node_root/drbl_ssi/template_opt_drbl.tgz will be updated.
I think we need to have a better mechanism to deal with that. Any suggestion?
Steven.
Hi Steven, thanks for your reply.
Yes, I'm using Clonezilla box mode. I actually regenerated the template files by executing /opt/drbl/sbin/drblpush -i (or since I already have my config file I used /opt/drbl/sbin/drblpush -c /etc/drbl/drblpush.conf). But /opt/drbl/sbin/dcs -> All -> more -> gen-template-files is faster - thanks for the hint!
But it seems like my prerun script is still not recognized. When I extract the tar-file /tftpboot/node_root/drbl_ssi/template_opt_drbl.tgz I can find my prerun script … so it should be there.
The last lines I can see when booting my client is:
Waiting for /usr…done.
Waiting for udevd to be started…
Starting portmap daemon…Already running.Use LANG en_US.UTF-8
Reading ocs-opt from /proc/cmdline…
Now run: ocs-sr -language en -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -r -clone-hidden-data -p poweroff -run-prerun-dir restoredisk ask_user ask_user
.
Starting NFS common utilities: statdSetting the TERM als linux
idmapd******************************************.
Clonezilla image dir: /images/partimag
.
**************************************.
Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager
Finished Shutting down the Logical Volume Manager
No disk image is found in /images/partimag.. Make sure you already saved an image! Or make sure you did not try to restore an image saved from partition(s) to disk(s)! Program terminated!!!!
Will now switch to single-user mode.
INIT: Going single user
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):
Of cause there is no image. I don't want to restore an image with the given command … I just want the command to run -run-prerun-dir … everything else is done by my script. But as I already said … it's just not executed!
OK, now I realize that, actually when you see
"No disk image is found in /images/partimag.. Make sure you already saved an image! Or make sure you did not try to restore an image saved from partition(s) to disk(s)! Program terminated!!!!"
Clonezilla (or actually the command ocs-sr) has exited… Before the postrun part is run…
In your case, I suggest that you can try this mode:
http://clonezilla.org/use_clonezilla_live_in_drbl.php
and there are a lot of boot parameters which you can use:
http://clonezilla.org/fine-print-live-doc.php?path=clonezilla-live/doc/99_Misc/00_live-initramfs-manual.doc#00_live-initramfs-manual.doc
From Clonezilla live 1.2.7-6 or later, new boot parameter ocs_postrun (and ocs_postrun1, ocs_postrun2…) was added for Clonezilla live:
http://free.nchc.org.tw/clonezilla-live/testing/ChangeLog-Clonezilla-live.txt
You might be able to make use of them.
Steven.