[OpenIndiana-discuss] Net booting OI Hipster using iPXE

[Peter Tribble]

I *think* adding the following to the kernel line ought to do the trick

-B install_media=http://1.2.3.4/media/directory/

where the url there is the directory containing the solaris.zlib file (and
for some releases, any other zlib files).

You'll probably need to use the IP address.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 4:59 PM Fox Martin <martin.fox at bsse.ethz.ch> wrote:

> Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, I searched long and hard
> and could not find what I really needed.
> I have a working iPXE server with various Linux and Windows images served
> up over HTTP.
>
> For OI I tried the usual tricks of specifying the kernel and initrd and
> then issuing a boot command but the installer always stops just after
> "Probing for device nodes ...
> Preparing live image for use"
> and then
> "Requesting System Maintenance Mode" appears.
>
> Are there kernel parameters or something else I need to issue to tell the
> OI system more about the location of boot folder, solaris.zlib etc?
>
> If there are links to documentation which solve this issue I would be
> grateful to get them.
>
> thanks
> Martin
>
>
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