Re: [Clonezilla-live] passing static ip to initramfs in Clonezilla build 2.1-39 not working

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Hi Tim,

Tim Gebbett wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Does anyone know if passing static ip details to the initramfs via a 
> syslinux/pxelinux menu entry works?
>
> The line in question reads (line split for easier reading):
>
> append initrd=http://193.189.140.120/otw/cz/live/initrd1.img
>
> console=ttyS1,57600n8 boot=live union=aufs noprompt
>
> ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap=""
>
> ocs_live_batch="no" ocs_lang="" nolocales
>
> ip=x.x.x.x::x.x.x.x:255.255.255.0:clonezilla:eth0:off
>
> vga=normal fetch=http://x.x.x.x/otw/cz/live/filesystem.squashfs
>
>
>   
Is that necessary to use fetch here ? Did you boot clonezilla live via
CD, USB flash drive or PXE ?

Steven.
> The official way from Debian Live is:
>
>
> ip=[CLIENT_IP]:[SERVER_IP]:[GATEWAY_IP]:[NETMASK]:[HOSTNAME]:[DEVICE]:[AUTOCONF] 
> [,[CLIENT_IP]:[SERVER_IP]:[GATEWAY_IP]:[NETMASK]:[HOSTNAME]:[DEVICE]:[AUTOCONF]]*
>
>
> I have found various pages explaining how to deal with the AUTOCONF field, 
> putting none, off, <blank> all to no effect. Also I am guessing that if 
> you are providing static ip and loading squash_fs via a fetch: line you 
> would leave the SERVER_IP field blank (I have also tried it with the 
> target ip). Every combination I have tried ends up with initramfs issuing 
> bootp requests regardless:
>
> IP-Config: eth0 hardware address 00:1e:c9:f7:56:27 mtu 1500 DHCP RARP
> [   20.146038] tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
> [   20.146038] tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.
>
>
> I do not have the ability to implement a dhcpd setup since the machines 
> are based on live public connections at the datacentre.
>
> Could anyone help with the correct syntax or any reports of being able to 
> boot via static?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Tim
>
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