![]() Here’s what that menu looks like on the console of a booting PXE client:Īlso, a quick note on managing a node with IPMI commands if it has a BMC. Note that both kernels share the same initramsfs image.Īppend initrd=sysresccd/350/initram.igz dodhcp netboot= If it’s not available you’ll get errors like these:Īdd entries to the default PXE boot menu for sysresccd for both the i386 and x86-64 version. It’s not documented on the wiki page but the initramfs image seems to look for sysrcd.md5 under the exact same path that sysrcd.dat is downloaded from. I used an HTTP server that I use for YUM repos and mirrors.Īs with the tftp path, I put the version into the path. Note that I’ve had problems with dashs and underscores in tftpboot paths in the past so now I always avoid them (this may just be cargo culting).Ĭopy the system image and it’s md5 checksum to some place where it’ll be easily accessible on the network. I used the path /tftpboot/sysresccd/350 so that I can potential server multiple versions of sysresccd in the future. ~/noao/sysresccd/mnt/isolinux $ ls rescue* initram.igz ~/noao/sysresccd $ sudo mount -o loop systemrescuecd-x86-3.5.0.iso mntīoot bootprog isolinux readme.txt sysrcd.md5 usb_inst.sh versionīootdisk efi ntpasswd sysrcd.dat usb_inst usbstick.htmĬopy the sysresccd kernel and initramfs images to your tftp server and make sure they have the correct permissions/ownership. iso image as a loopback device on a directory so files can be copied out of it. Here is how I made PXE booting to sysresccd an option in my environment:ĭownload SystemRescueCd-x86-3.5.0 (contains support for both i386 and x86-64). ![]() PXE booting recovery/test tools is really convenient but using the native sysresccd support won’t work in my production server environment as there is a preexisting PXE setup (DHCP/TFTP) managed by a tool called TheForeman. There are some instructions on setting this up on the official wiki page titled Sysresccd-manual-en PXE network booting. Sysresccd has built in support for acting as a PXE server to boot other systems without having to connect local media. ![]() My friend and colleague Stuart Sheldon has vlogged about the many benefits of SystemRescueCd or sysresccd. ![]()
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