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On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 19:46:32 -0400 |
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Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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> I've kinda come to this conclusion myself. I could probably host an |
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> extracted, micro-initramfs on my NFS server that would be loaded by the |
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> kernel to jump to $REAL_ROOT. Not *too* much of an issue on the Octane, |
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> because I can store the kernel command line args in a PROM variable so that |
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> all I have to do is type "$foo" at the PROM prompt to load something. But, |
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> SGI did their best to be inconsistent, and IP27 systems cannot permanently |
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> save variables to NVRAM. Once you power cycle, all user-defined PROM vars |
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> are lost. And Linux's NFS Root command args are somewhat complicated from |
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> what I remember. Upshot is I boot the IP27 over serial console, so I can |
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> just save bootp() args in a text file on my desktop and paste it into the |
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> console for those instances. |
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Have you seen CONFIG_CMDLINE? It lets you bake command line args into |
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the kernel image itself. |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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