Hi >>>>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:20:03 +0000, "Holland, Jake via linux-fai"
<linux-fai@uni-koeln.de> said:
> But it looks like the FAI docs really want me to use dhcp, and I
> cannot do this thing. I don't have control of the environment there
> where the machine is located. If that's truly a requirement for FAI,
> I'll have to find another way.
Hi Jake,
you can build a FAI CD (or USB stick) which does not need any internet
connection. Have you already tried the FAIme service at
https://fai-project.org/FAIme/ ?
If you remove rd.neednet from the grub cmdline, the system will not
try to use dhcp. You also set an IP via ip=.......
> I get the impression it's possible to do this from the grub menuentry,
> but I haven't figured out how yet (Perhaps export? But I'm not sure,
> this seems a different use than the examples the grub docs give.)
During the FAI boot process we use dracut, which supports setting a
static IP. Have a look at the dracut.cmdline manual
https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dracut-core/dracut.cmdline.7.en.html
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regards Thomas
