Changes between Version 30 and Version 31 of Internal/ImageInstall

Timestamp:

Feb 26, 2014, 6:02:20 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

ssugrim

Comment:

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Internal/ImageInstall

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 = Manual image installation =
+
 
 == 2/11/2013  - More recent version of manual image load ==
@@ -9 +10 @@
      }}}
   1. If you set this mac next-server will be repository1.outdoor.orbit-lab.org(10.40.0.42)
- 1. Goto repository1 and make a symbolic link to your pxe-boot information (currently omf-5.4). 
+ 2. Goto repository1 and make a symbolic link to your pxe-boot information (currently omf-5.4). 
   1. cd to /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
   1. The symbloic link should be named your ip address in hex (10.40.4.10 -> 0A28040A)
@@ -19 +20 @@
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 user      winlab      7 Feb 11 21:26 0A28040A -> omf-5.4
      }}}
- 1. Turn on the node (manually)
+ 3. Turn on the node (manually)
   1. get dhcp address
   1. see that it pxe boots
   1. enter the console (either via the serial port, or by KVM). You should be greeted with the busybox prompt (start bash if you want).
- 1. On repository1 start frisbee daemon with proper flags for image you want (probably baseline.ndz)
+ 4. On repository1 start frisbee daemon with proper flags for image you want (probably baseline.ndz)
     {{{
     frisbeed -p 15000 -m 10.40.4.10 -i 10.40.0.42 /export/omf/omf-images/baseline.ndz
     }}}
- 1. On image machine start frisbee client and point it to the disk you are trying to image (/dev/sda for new nodes, /dev/hda for old ones). 
+ 5. On image machine start frisbee client and point it to the disk you are trying to image (/dev/sda for new nodes, /dev/hda for old ones). 
     {{{
     /usr/sbin/frisbee -p 15000 -m 10.40.0.42 -i 10.40.4.10 /dev/sda
     }}}
- 1. Once the imageing is done delete the symlink you made on repository earlier
+ 6. Once the imageing is done delete the symlink you made on repository earlier
     {{{
     rm 0A28040A
     }}}
- 1. reboot the node and it should boot into the new os.
+ 7. reboot the node and it should boot into the new os.
 
+== 2/26/2014 A more recent version of manual image save ==
+
+1. Preform all the necessary dhcp / symbolic link adjustments required to boot the node into the pxe-image. (step 2 above)
+2. On the repository1 start the netcat listening process with a high numbered port.
+   {{{
+nc -l 151515 > ./filname.ndz
+   }}}
+3. on the node run imagezip with - for standardout output and pipe that into a netcat client session
+   {{{
+imagezip /dev/sda - | nc -w 20 repository1 151515
+   }}}
+   '''Note the -w 20 is required to have the connection close after the imagezip process completes. 
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