On 24/08/12 09:18, Mark Christian wrote:
I would like the append line in PXE conf to look like:
append initrd=/images/cent5.6/initrd.img,/images/cent5.6/dd.img
...note the dd.img file is included along with the standard initrd.img
I maintain certain older releases on new hardware, and being able to inject a
NIC driver into PXE boot is helpful. I don't see an obvious way to accomplish
this with cobbler 2.2.3. Can Cobbler sync the 2 initrd's to
/tftpboot/images/$distro/ and template the needed PXE config?
Example PXE install with 2 initrd.img:
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#sect-Preparing_an_initial_RAM_disk_update-x86
yes, this is possible.
I've had to do it myself - it takes a bit of fiddling/hacking though.
bearing in mind that:
1. cobbler doesn't support multiple initrds directly
2. cobbler deletes everything in your tftproot on a 'sync'
I managed this by putting the driver disk images in a different
directory under /tftpboot (or wherever your root is) and editing the
pxeboot templates in /etc/cobbler to manipulate the append lines for
particular distros/profiles etc.
These files are just templates like kickstarts and snippets so you can
use cheetah instructions to manipulate the initrd= parts.
I'm not at work at the moment, so I can't recall all the details, but it
can be done.
Unless anyone knows a better way of achieving this without patching
cobbler itself? (having said that, support for multiple initrds is not a
bad RFE)
Regards,
Stuart
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