Thanks Jared, you save me some time.
I'll go through your steps and report back any issues.
-----Original Message-----
From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
[mailto:cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 4:38 PM
To: cobbler mailing list
Subject: Re: Non-linux installation
Jared Hodge wrote:
OK, so after a little more work, I've figured out that I
don't actually
need the nfs mount for clonezilla since I'm using http to get the
squashfs file system (omit step 5 below and remove "netboot=nfs
nfsroot=10.0.199.2:/var/www/cobbler/images/clonezilla" from step 6). I
think this will work a little cleaner with cobbler since it uses http
also.
Is anyone still interested in this? If so, hope it's helpful.
-Jared
Yes, we should at least start a page on the Wiki on using Cobbler with
Clonezilla as that may help with integration efforts
to smooth it over later, or determine that we might not even need to do
any extra integration work :)
How about throwing up a page at
fedorahosted.org/cobbler?
(You first need a FAS account,
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts)
and then you can add/edit Wiki pages.
Thanks!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
> bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Jared Hodge
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:02 AM
> To: cobbler mailing list
> Subject: RE: Non-linux installation
>
> OK, so I have things working with clonezilla and cobbler. At this
> point
> it's just a rough implementation that may be blown away by a cobbler
> sync, so I need some help cleaning it up. Here's the steps I've used:
>
> 1. Download clonezilla experimental (ubuntu based), the Debian based
> clonezilla's don't have necessary network drivers for many Dell
>
servers
> (see my rant about non-free vs. non-functional here:
>
>
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=671650&aid=28042...
> u
> p_id=115473). Get it here:
>
http://clonezilla.org/download/sourceforge/experimental/iso-zip-
> files.ph
> p
> 2. mkdir -p /mnt/isoimage ; mount -o loop
> ~/clonezilla-live-20090610-jaunty.iso /mnt/isoimage
> 3. mkdir /tftpboot/images/clonezilla ; cp
> /mnt/isoimage/live/initrd1.img
> /mnt/isoimage/live/vmlinuz1 /tftpboot/images/clonezilla/
> 4. mkdir /var/www/cobbler/images/clonezilla ; cp -a /mnt/isoimage/.
> /var/www/cobbler/images/clonezilla
> 5. add "/var/www/cobbler/images/clonezilla *(ro,sync,no_root_squash)"
> to
> /etc/exports, service restart nfs (chkconfig to auto restart nfs if
> needed).
> 6. And now for the real magic, add the following section to
> /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default (substituting your host IP address for
> 10.0.199.2):
> LABEL Clonezilla
> kernel /images/clonezilla/vmlinuz1
> MENU LABEL Clonezilla
> append initrd=images/clonezilla/initrd1.img boot=live
> union=aufs
> hostname=jaunty edd=on nolocales ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general"
> ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap=""
ocs_live_batch="no"
> ocs_lang="" noprompt mode_option=1024x768
>
>
fetch=http://10.0.199.2/cobbler/images/clonezilla/live/filesystem.squas
> h
> fs netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.0.199.2:/var/www/cobbler/images/clonezilla
> ipappend 2
>
> The tricky part was the "fetch" section that has changed since that
> link
> that I sent.
>
> Anyway, if you guys can check that this works for you then clean it up
> to auto-insert the local IP address (and it would be nice to get rid
>
of
> the nfs step and just use the http download). Finally, I'd think
>
there
> would be some good optimizations that could be done inside the
> clonezilla scripts to automatically pass down the ssh key to the
> machine
> and have it automatically reconnect to the server. I don't have much
> more time for this right now, but those all seem like good
> optimizations. Hope this helps (let me know if I skipped a step).
> -Jared
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
>> bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Rodrique Heron
>> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:39 PM
>> To: cobbler mailing list
>> Subject: RE: Non-linux installation
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
>> bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Jared Hodge
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:14 PM
>> To: cobbler mailing list
>> Subject: RE: Non-linux installation
>>
>> So I decided to try to get it working myself. I'm trying to load
>> clonezilla over pxe (for now just manually modifying
>> /tftboot/pexelinux.cfg/default -- not sure the "cobbler friendly"
>>
way
>> of
>> doing this).
>> I'm getting a different error (can't load firmward file
>> bnx2-06-4.6.16.fw, this seems to be because this network driver is
>>
> not
>
>> loaded in the initrd image and you can't get it loaded without the
>> network driver working - possibly rebuilding the initrd image will
>>
> fix
>
>> this), but the net result is the same, a Kernel Panic and unable to
>> boot.
>>
>>
http://www.omgili.com/mailinglist/debian-
>> boot/lists/debian/org/200809091
>> 32942GB12650ch-desktop.html
>>
>> I'll keep hacking at it and see if I can figure it out.
>> -Jared
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
>>> bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Rodrique Heron
>>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:43 AM
>>> To: cobbler mailing list
>>> Subject: RE: Non-linux installation
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler-
>>> bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan
>>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:26 AM
>>> To: cobbler mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: Non-linux installation
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yeah, yeah... and life will be wonderful after windows 7...
>>>> Sounds like I can I plan on using cobbler to clone systems to
>>>>
> play
>
>>> "Duke
>>>
>>>> Nukem Forever".
>>>> (Not that I mean to be unappreciative, you're doing good work).
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If you are interested in Clonezilla integration coming sooner, I
>>>
>> might
>>
>>> suggest you consider working on it :)
>>>
>>> We would be more than happy to offer any tips we can in getting
>>>
> that
>
>>> started.
>>>
>>> I *really* mean that. This is how Cobbler is what it is today.
>>>
>>> Unlike DNF, we actually /do/ get releases out.
>>>
>>> --Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael-
>>>
>>> I am trying to get CloneZilla going, I imported the live-CD and
>>> followed the instruction here.
>>>
>>> But I get this error when booting up:
>>>
>>> Begin: Mounting root file system ... [ 124.436647] ide_generic:
>>>
>> please
>>
>>> use "probe_mask=0x3f" module parameter for probing all legacy ISA
>>>
> IDE
>
>>> ports
>>> [ 125.421902] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>>>
>>> I have a thread going to Clonezilla mailing list,
http://www.mail-
>>>
archive.com/clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00279.html
>>>
>>> Not really sure where to go from here.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>> Judge
>>
>> I having the same issue on a HP380, I have a thread going on
>>
> CloneZilla
>
>> mailing list.
>>
>>
http://www.mail-archive.com/clonezilla-
>> live(a)lists.sourceforge.net/msg00279.html
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