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I've been quite conservative so I kept parts of the previous config of my deployment infrastructure, so I use tftp for the ipxe binary. I have a config in /etc/default/tftpd-hpa where the variable TFTP_DIRECTORY is defined. I put the binary at this exact directory, and then the dhcp I shared in...

Hi, I had to move from PXE to iPXE. PXE seems to have some limitations regarding the size of the linux image it is provided with. Since I am putting the whole ISO inside the image, this limitation is reached with a "memory error" at boot. So now I use iPXE. I have a tftp server providing the...

Just a small update : I confirm I can drastically speed up the repacking of the initrd.img file ! Changing the compression level from -19 to -5 speed up the process from 15 mins long to 1 min long ! zstd -5 ../custom.initrd.img.cpio -o ../custom-initrd.img Without any downside, since the final...

So, I can confirm : it works ! Little downside : in my context the IP I call to retrieve the toml answer file changes for every setup, so I have to repack the initrd every time. So the process is slowed by something like 10 minutes (the server running the repack is not really powerful). The...

UPDATE ! Seems like I did it ! It's quite easy to do finally. After digging in the init file inside the initrd.img file, I noticed the script was looking for a /proxmox.iso file. So, I put my ISO generated with the assistant inside the initrd.img file, and it works. So, basically : - First...

For people looking for the answer, I still didn't find a way to do it. Alternatives solutions I thought about : - boot full iso with ipxe => impossible when in UEFI mode - boot full ISO through the redfish API of my IPMI : my hardware doesn't let me force the boot on the virtual CD Seems like...

Hi, >> For the solution, see below third post of this thread << I'm currently trying to setup a pipeline for a fully automated proxmox deployment; eg boot with PXE and run an unattended install. I noticed the unattended install has been available recently, according to this wiki page ...