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

[Tim G. <ti...@ge...>]

exactly!, odd I know but it is a beautiful solution for building boxes via 
DRAC/iLOs in remote datacentres.

Tim

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Steven Shiau wrote:

> 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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