Netboot: Difference between revisions
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</syntaxHighlight>Building:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | </syntaxHighlight>Building:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
# Build pixiecore runner | # Build pixiecore runner | ||
nix build | nix-build system.nix -o /tmp/run-pixiecore | ||
</syntaxhighlight>Running:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | </syntaxhighlight>Running:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | ||
# Open required firewall ports | # Open required firewall ports | ||
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modules = [ | modules = [ | ||
<nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix> | <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/installer/netboot/netboot-minimal.nix> | ||
# Reduce build time by ~7x (~1 minute instead of many minutes) by not using the highest compression (image is 5% larger). | |||
({ ... }: { netboot.squashfsCompression = "zstd -Xcompression-level 6"; }) | |||
version-module | version-module | ||
example-configuration | example-configuration | ||
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in | in | ||
if legacy then run-dnsmasq else run-pixiecore}} | if legacy then run-dnsmasq else run-pixiecore|name=netboot.nix|lang=nix}} | ||
Building: | Building: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"># Build pixiecore runner | <syntaxhighlight lang="bash"># Build pixiecore runner | ||
nix build | nix-build netboot.nix -o /tmp/run-pixiecore | ||
# Build dnsmasq + pxelinux runner | # Build dnsmasq + pxelinux runner | ||
nix build | nix-build netboot.nix --arg legacy true -o /tmp/run-dnsmasq | ||
# Build for some ancient system with a serial console | # Build for some ancient system with a serial console | ||
nix build | nix-build netboot.nix --arg name '"ancient-netboot"' -o /tmp/run-netboot \ | ||
--arg configuration 'import ./ancient-config.nix' \ | --arg configuration 'import ./ancient-config.nix' \ | ||
--arg legacy true --arg proxynets '["10.2.1.0"]' \ | --arg legacy true --arg proxynets '["10.2.1.0"]' \ | ||
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* Run the example exactly like the other example further up on the page. | * Run the example exactly like the other example further up on the page. | ||
=== Troubleshooting === | |||
* Error "'''autoexec.ipxe... Operation not supported'''": See [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/378513#pullrequestreview-3081586117 this issue]. | |||
=== See also === | === See also === | ||