Oh, network support (net-fs-root) got taken out at some point then. :-( Apparently here: https://github.com/OpenIndiana/slim_source/commit/d6a47f43379aae363a27ab88378daffcdf1901f6 "Drop support for generating auto-install images"
That's an unfortunate casualty, as network booting was useful outside the narrow context of AI. On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 6:46 PM Till Wegmueller <toaster...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately not quite :) > > The Shell scripts in slim_source[0] at this time only support mounting > usb or cdrom but downloading the .zlib files into a tmpfs could be > added. PR's Welcome :) Let me know if you need help how to modify the > script. OmniOSCE has it's own handling of installation which supports -B > install_media > > -Till > > [0] > > https://github.com/OpenIndiana/slim_source/blob/oi/hipster/usr/src/cmd/slim-install/svc/media-fs-root#L70-L107 > > On 22/09/2022 14.03, Peter Tribble wrote: > > I *think* adding the following to the kernel line ought to do the trick > > > > -B install_media=http://1.2.3.4/media/directory/ > > > > where the url there is the directory containing the solaris.zlib file > (and > > for some releases, any other zlib files). > > > > You'll probably need to use the IP address. > > > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 4:59 PM Fox Martin <martin....@bsse.ethz.ch> > wrote: > > > >> Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, I searched long and hard > >> and could not find what I really needed. > >> I have a working iPXE server with various Linux and Windows images > served > >> up over HTTP. > >> > >> For OI I tried the usual tricks of specifying the kernel and initrd and > >> then issuing a boot command but the installer always stops just after > >> "Probing for device nodes ... > >> Preparing live image for use" > >> and then > >> "Requesting System Maintenance Mode" appears. > >> > >> Are there kernel parameters or something else I need to issue to tell > the > >> OI system more about the location of boot folder, solaris.zlib etc? > >> > >> If there are links to documentation which solve this issue I would be > >> grateful to get them. > >> > >> thanks > >> Martin > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> openindiana-discuss mailing list > >> openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >> https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
