Hello Andi, On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 04:21:05PM +0300, Andreas B. Mundt wrote: > > > Right now, '$TFTP_ROOT/debian-installer/' is used to set up and serve > > > the netboot-images. If you also serve preseedings from the canonical > > > > just wondering if this is the default location or the only supported > > location for network installs. > > Please see also the email attached which seems not to have hit the list > > about grub not obeying an initial path send with dhcp. ... > Do you use di-netboot-assistant [1] or just the debian-installer netboot > packages/images [2]?
Just the netboot.tar.gz images. > > when doing network installation with the files from > > debian/dists/stretch/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz > > grub didn't find it's files if using a nonstandard tftp server layout: ... > > RRQ from 129.206.106.247 filename > > /debian/amd64_stretch/debian-installer/amd64/bootnetx64.efi > > RRQ from 129.206.106.247 filename > > debian-installer/amd64/grub/x86_64-efi/command.lst ... > > RRQ from 129.206.106.247 filename debian-installer/amd64/grub/grub.cfg > > > > PXE BIOS with pxelinux has no problems with finding it's files in such a > > layout. > > Is there any functionality in grub to enable relative pathes at that point > > of the debian > > installation ? If not, is that a bug/regression to report against grub ? > > In di-netboot-assistant, a grub-EFI image is prepared which then > includes the grub.conf files of the debian-installer images, with the > correct paths. You get an idea in [3]. Perhaps you can follow this > approach (or even better: use di-netboot-assistant) too. Thanks a lot, I was not aware of grub-mknetdir (and di-netboot-assistant's menu building) so far. OTOH, this still not answers the question if any functionality using paths relative to the bootnetx64.efi is available in grub. Should I open a bug report against grub or do you have another idea ? Thanks a lot, greetings Hermann > [2] <URL:https://packages.debian.org/stretch/debian-installer-9-netboot-amd64> > [3] > <URL:https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/netboot-assistant.git/tree/di-netboot-assistant#n239> -- Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg IWR; INF 205; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-14405 Fax: -14427 Email: hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
