pxe-server

Author SHA1 Message Date

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
cproudlock	f7a14f6804	blancco-preferences: disable wired LAN so WiFi INTERNETACCESS takes default route The config.img internal preferences.xml has <network><enabled>false</enabled> (set up by `b7cd097` for native-kernel BMC licensing over WiFi). The sibling playbook/blancco-preferences.xml was left at true, so the Ubuntu-kernel switch_root path downloaded a preferences.xml that re-enabled wired LAN, killing the WiFi default route and preventing BMC reach. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-04-22 15:52:44 -04:00
cproudlock	b7cd0974f1	Blancco 7.15.1 upgrade: native kernel boot, BMC cloud licensing - Switch to Blancco native kernel (vmlinuz-bde-linux) for hardware compat - Config.img preferences with BMC connection (classic.eu-west-1.blancco.cloud) - Disable wired LAN in preferences so WiFi takes default route to BMC - WiFi SSID INTERNETACCESS configured in plaintext in config.img - Slim GRUB EFI (1.3MB standalone with minimal modules) - Fix Windows line endings in blancco-init.sh - Add extra NIC drivers to switch_root initramfs - SSH enabled in modified airootfs.sfs (root:blancco) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-03-26 13:54:25 -04:00
cproudlock	dd2fec5a41	Blancco PXE boot via Ubuntu kernel switch_root Blancco's own kernel freezes on Dell Precision towers during PXE boot. Workaround: boot Ubuntu kernel via GRUB chainload, download Blancco's 666MB squashfs rootfs + 132MB kernel modules over HTTP, mount overlay filesystem, and switch_root into Blancco's userspace. - Add blancco-init.sh: custom initramfs init script for switch_root approach - Add blancco-preferences.xml: pre-configured with network share for reports - Update playbook: build initramfs, deploy Ubuntu kernel/modules, config - Update prepare-boot-tools.sh: add HTTP modules to GRUB EFI build - Add UEFI HTTP Boot support to dnsmasq config - iPXE menu chains to grubx64.efi (replaces sanboot of ISO) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-02-18 11:20:00 -05:00

cproudlock

f7a14f6804

blancco-preferences: disable wired LAN so WiFi INTERNETACCESS takes default route

The config.img internal preferences.xml has <network><enabled>false</enabled>
(set up by b7cd097 for native-kernel BMC licensing over WiFi). The sibling
playbook/blancco-preferences.xml was left at true, so the Ubuntu-kernel
switch_root path downloaded a preferences.xml that re-enabled wired LAN,
killing the WiFi default route and preventing BMC reach.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-04-22 15:52:44 -04:00

cproudlock

b7cd0974f1

Blancco 7.15.1 upgrade: native kernel boot, BMC cloud licensing

- Switch to Blancco native kernel (vmlinuz-bde-linux) for hardware compat
- Config.img preferences with BMC connection (classic.eu-west-1.blancco.cloud)
- Disable wired LAN in preferences so WiFi takes default route to BMC
- WiFi SSID INTERNETACCESS configured in plaintext in config.img
- Slim GRUB EFI (1.3MB standalone with minimal modules)
- Fix Windows line endings in blancco-init.sh
- Add extra NIC drivers to switch_root initramfs
- SSH enabled in modified airootfs.sfs (root:blancco)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-03-26 13:54:25 -04:00

cproudlock

dd2fec5a41

Blancco PXE boot via Ubuntu kernel switch_root

Blancco's own kernel freezes on Dell Precision towers during PXE boot.
Workaround: boot Ubuntu kernel via GRUB chainload, download Blancco's
666MB squashfs rootfs + 132MB kernel modules over HTTP, mount overlay
filesystem, and switch_root into Blancco's userspace.

- Add blancco-init.sh: custom initramfs init script for switch_root approach
- Add blancco-preferences.xml: pre-configured with network share for reports
- Update playbook: build initramfs, deploy Ubuntu kernel/modules, config
- Update prepare-boot-tools.sh: add HTTP modules to GRUB EFI build
- Add UEFI HTTP Boot support to dnsmasq config
- iPXE menu chains to grubx64.efi (replaces sanboot of ISO)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-02-18 11:20:00 -05:00

3 Commits