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

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

Hi Tim,
So you are runng gPXE/PXE client without a dhcp server ?

Steven.

Tim Gebbett wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> The system was booted first by gPXE into pxelinux, then pxelinux to 
> clonezilla. I appreciate this is all against the grain, but due to 
> draconian firewalling etc, it would be great to accomplish all via http.
>
> Thanks - Tim
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Steven Shiau wrote:
>
>   
>> 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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