[Etherboot-users] Etherboot to boot local disk

[Adam C. <aj...@di...>]

Is there a way to have etherboot look to the local hard drive for boot
information by way of the "filename =3D " variable one would set in the
dhcp server? With PXE there's the config file one can use to setup
this up with.
default Linux
timeout 80
message /boot/message
read-only
prompt
boot /dev/sda

image /boot/vmlinuz
    label Linux
    initrd /boot/initrd
    localboot 0
    root /dev/sda3
    append resume=3D/dev/md1 selinux=3D0 splash=3Dsilent elevator=3Dcfq


I'm trying to build some cluster nodes that only have etherboot rather
than pxe. I push out a suse linux install like this.

mkelfImage --output /root/suse10-64.ebi
--kernel=3D/install/suse10-dvd/boot/loader/linux64
--initrd=3D/install/suse10-dvd/boot/loader/initrd64
--append=3D'Install=3Dnfs://172.20.163.100:/install/suse10-dvd/ vnc=3D1
vncpassword=3D*****'

I then place suse10-64.ebi in /tftpboot/

Modify the dhcp server like so:
Global settings:
-------------------------------------------------------------
allow bootp;
option T128 code 128 =3D string;
option T129 code 129 =3D string;
option T150 code 150 =3D string;

group {
  option vendor-encapsulated-options 3c:09:45:74:68:65:72:62:6f:6f:74:ff;
  option T128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
host n01 {
  next-server 192.168.0.1;
  filename "suse10-32.ebi";
  hardware ethernet 00:30:48:XX:XX:XX;
  fixed-address 192.168.0.111;
  option host-name "n01";
  ddns-hostname "n01";
  ddns-domainname "company.com";
  ddns-rev-domainname "in-addr.arpa";
--------------------------------------------------------------

This works. I set the bios to boot via the network card first. I get
my vnc session for the installation. What I need to happen after that
is to replace the filename "----" option to load an image that will
then boot the local install -- or look to grub on the partition. Is
there a way to do this? I tried using different append options but
none seem to change the behavior of the boot process. I found on the
mailing list someone mention using /dev/hda for filename -- but that
doesn't seem to work either.

I would appreciate any help on this, thanks in advanced.
Regards,
Adam Cody