[Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?

[David Li]

Hi Fabian,

That kernel option worked for me!  The node is booted up in RAM. Thanks!

My next question is:
How do I specify the root login and passwd as boot parameters? 

David




----- Original Message -----
> From: Fabian Deutsch <fabiand at redhat.com>
> To: David Li <david_li at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "users at ovirt.org" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] How to pxeboot ovrit node into memory automatically?
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 24.10.2013, 16:26 -0700 schrieb David Li:
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  I was following the instructions at http://www.ovirt.org/Node_PXE. My goal 
> is to use pxeboot (iPXE) to boot the node entirely into RAM with rootfs. What I 
> got now is an installation screen which requires a local storage. My system has 
> no disk and this doesn't quite work for me. 
>> 
>>  What's are the kernel parameters I need to use to boot the node into 
> RAM automatically?  I am OK as the first step with a stateless node. 
> 
> Hey David,
> 
> the stateless mode is currently not completely working with oVirt
> Engine. That means a Node needs to be approved each time it boots into
> the stateless mode.
> The stateless mode can be entered by appending stateless to the default
> kernel arguments.
> 
> Greetings
> fabian
>