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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pardon me for resurrecting such an old topic. I noticed there is a script that makes all the necessary changes with a single command.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_alternatives#Diskless_install_using_PXE_and_kernel.2Finitrd.2Fsquashfs_from_the_LiveCD

But the patch is more than a year old and no longer applies cleanly to the latest minimal iso image. I'd very much appreciate if someone more knowledgeable takes a look at "init" file and lets everyone know what changes are necessary.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last time I did this (a couple of weeks ago), I just made the changes by hand, but here's a patch from that changes

Code:

--- init.old   2020-06-10 11:37:47.050888808 -0700
+++ init   2020-06-10 11:38:43.594721612 -0700
@@ -664,6 +664,10 @@
    if [ "${got_good_root}" != '1' ] && [ /dev/nfs != "${REAL_ROOT}" ] && [ sgimips != "${LOOPTYPE}" ] && [ 1 != "${aufs}" ] && [ 1 != "${overlayfs}" ]
    then
       bootstrapCD
+   elif [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = '/' ]
+   then
+      got_good_root=1
+      cp /image.squashfs ${CDROOT_PATH}
    fi
 
    if [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = '' ] && [ "${got_good_root}" != '1' ]
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Raffi wrote:
Last time I did this (a couple of weeks ago), I just made the changes by hand, but here's a patch from that changes

Code:

--- init.old   2020-06-10 11:37:47.050888808 -0700
+++ init   2020-06-10 11:38:43.594721612 -0700
@@ -664,6 +664,10 @@
    if [ "${got_good_root}" != '1' ] && [ /dev/nfs != "${REAL_ROOT}" ] && [ sgimips != "${LOOPTYPE}" ] && [ 1 != "${aufs}" ] && [ 1 != "${overlayfs}" ]
    then
       bootstrapCD
+   elif [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = '/' ]
+   then
+      got_good_root=1
+      cp /image.squashfs ${CDROOT_PATH}
    fi
 
    if [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = '' ] && [ "${got_good_root}" != '1' ]


That did the trick. Thank you.
One thing I noticed is that as long as I have "loop=/image.squashfs" (i.e. use absolute path), I don't need to copy "image.squashfs". In other words,

Code:
[pxelinux.cfg/default]

label gentoo
    kernel gentoo/gentoo
    append initrd=gentoo/gentoo.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc loop=/image.squashfs looptype=squashfs cdroot=1 real_root=/


Code:
[init]

if [ "${got_good_root}" != '1' ] && [ /dev/nfs != "${REAL_ROOT}" ] && [ sgimips != "${LOOPTYPE}" ] && [ 1 != "${aufs}" ] && [ 1 != "${overlayfs}" ]
then
    bootstrapCD
elif [ "${REAL_ROOT}" = '/' ]
then
    got_good_root=1
fi

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since my iso is not what I put on my tftp site and is not available anywhere else, there would be no image.squashfs if I didn't copy it into the ramdisk.

One of these days I need to revisit this and see if there is a better way, but for now, every year or so, I update my network book and as long as I works, I've not really spent much time with it.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As for me, the following step in the setup process must be the reason I could skip copying "image.squashfs" in init file.

Code:
# Copy in squashfs image
cp /mnt/loop/image.squashfs .


Anyhow, I wish there were a simpler way than manually updating it every so often, especially when the official documentation can get easily outdated.
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