Re: [Etherboot-users] Etherboot to boot local disk

[Tiago A. da F. <ti...@kn...>]

I think you could install grub and setup it to allow you boot via
network or via local boot partition instead of trying to setup the
etherboot.

Regards,
Tiago Alves

> Is there a way to have etherboot look to the local hard drive for boot
> information by way of the "filename = " 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=/dev/md1 selinux=0 splash=silent elevator=cfq
> 
> 
> 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=/install/suse10-dvd/boot/loader/linux64
> --initrd=/install/suse10-dvd/boot/loader/initrd64
> --append='Install=nfs://172.20.163.100:/install/suse10-dvd/ vnc=1
> vncpassword=*****'
> 
> I then place suse10-64.ebi in /tftpboot/
> 
> Modify the dhcp server like so:
> Global settings:
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> allow bootp;
> option T128 code 128 = string;
> option T129 code 129 = string;
> option T150 code 150 = 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
> 
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