[GLLUG] Debian Live pxe boot

[John Hearns]

Ethernet device naming is a minefield, even with the predictable names
(yeah I know.. do some studying)

I set biosdevname=1 in the kernel parameters when building HPC clusters

On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 at 10:49, Ken Smith via GLLUG <gllug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Ken Smith via GLLUG wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I wonder if someone with Debian and pxe understanding might point me
> > in the right direction.
> >
> > I have a Rocky server with dhcp/tftp/httpd that hosts Rocky and Fedora
> > as pxe bootable images. It works fine.
> >
> > I'm trying to do similar for Debian 12 but not quite getting the right
> > incantations.
> >
> > The vmlinuz and initrd load just fine and i get the error "Unable to
> > find live system filesystem on the network"
> >
> > I pointed the root filesystem at filesystem.squashfs. Is the standard
> > vmlinuz/initrd able to map the rest of the system via httpd??
> >
> > Any tips welcome
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> I'm making progress. I added dhcp ethdevice=eno1  to the parameters in
> the pxe configuration and now one of my PC's finds the
> filesystem.squashfs and attempts to boot. It freezes at "Starting Gnome
> Display Manager"
>
> I tried another system that has more memory and it fails with a message
> that it can't find eno1. Interesting.
>
> :-) Ken
>
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