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On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 17:43:34 -0400 |
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Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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> I kinda wish the Linux kernel had an ability to partially boot, init the |
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> networking subsystem, then fetch an initramfs image over TFTP like it can do |
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> with NFS Root. That would solve the problem on my MIPS system(s) (and make |
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> install netboots better). I've dug around, but this does not seem to be a |
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> capability currently in the kernel, unless I have over looked something. |
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> Otherwise in the future, I may just have to setup an initramfs into an NFS |
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> Root and teach the SGI's to somehow deal with it. Which all still seems |
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> unnecessarily complicated because some other distro thinks it knows what's |
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> best for everyone else (but I digress...). |
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NBD may be a slightly simpler alternative and a bit more like an |
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initramfs. nbdkit can do all sorts of weird things. I thought it might |
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have a plugin for cpio archives, allowing you to use a regular |
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initramfs generated by Dracut or similar directly. It doesn't appear to |
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but plugins are quite easy to write. Alternatively you could just |
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extract the initramfs and use nbdkit-linuxdisk-plugin. |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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