[TriLUG] pxe-bootable linux

[Ron Kelley via TriLUG]

Google  "diskless centos pxe nfs root"

I use this exact setup in the datacenter for booting servers for maintenance.

Let me know if you need the particulars on the pxe config file.

Thanks,

-Ron



On June 25, 2016 11:18:40 AM Dewey Hylton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> hi all. i'm looking for a linux distribution/livecd/whatever which can be 
> fully booted via pxe. an absolute requirement for this particular project 
> is a recent version of hdparm with '-Np' option. ntfs-3g, clamav, etc. are 
> each a bonus, but hdparm is a requirement.
>
> in the past i'd boot up any number of the livecd options (dsl, robsrtbt, 
> finnix, whatever). but i've gotten to the point where i most if not all the 
> machines i deal with now are in remote locations and their remote-media 
> capabilities are fairly crummy, mostly owing to java or activex 
> requirements. remote control is more stable, so just doing pxe works great 
> for most things. however, it seems the few linux distributions i've 
> attempted lost connectivity to their network-connected boot image upon 
> kernel initialization.
>
> ideally i'd like something which just works off of plain pxe and does not 
> require an iscsi target or anything like that. but here i am, asking those 
> who most likely have already done something similar, and at least know 
> whether what i'm looking to do is even possible. and if not possible, i'm 
> hoping someone here can provide some sort of a recipe for the pxe-iscsi 
> method or whatever else they have found to work.
>
> in most cases for me, network infrastructure is a mix of openbsd and 
> illumos (smartos for virtualization and omnios for file services). but 
> linux hdparm is the only thing i've found that can do what i need for this 
> particular project ...
>
> thanks for any guidance you may be able to provide.
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