Re: FAI build using a small disk image with LACP support
Andrew Ruthven <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.fai |
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On Fri, 2020-02-28 at 09:24 +0100, Thomas Lange wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:21:38 +1300, Andrew Ruthven < > > > > > > [email protected]> said: > > > All the servers support Redfish, so I can script uploading a > disk image > > to be booted from. > > > What I'm thinking is prepare a FAI boot image based on an > nfsroot, with > > minimal configuration to bring up a degraded LACP bond. > > > Has anyone already done this? > No. But.... > using fai-cd you can create different flavours of a boot CD. > A boot CD with just the kernel and the initrd, or a CD including > additionally the nfsroot. > > In your case a boot only CD (kernel+initrd) should be fine. Have a > look at the man page dracut.cmdline(7) (which we are using to build > the initrd). This includes already options for bonding: [snip] Ah ha! That sounds like it would be ideal, I'll give it a shot and report back. Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Ruthven, Wellington, New Zealand [email protected] | linux.conf.au 2020, Gold Coast, AU https://catalystcloud.nz | https://lca2020.linux.org.au