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@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 > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -- > GLLUG mailing list > GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug >
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