Posts by 2devnull

So, this method to use NFS instead of iscsi for netboot is much slower (about 1-2 min vs. instant).

This is my previous and new ipxe files:

Previous:

#!ipxe
echo Ready for iscsi boot !
:retry_sanboot
sanboot iscsi:<server IP>::::<iscsi target IQN>  goto retry_sanboot

``New:

#!ipxe
echo Ready for TFTP and NFS boot!

set nfs-server <NFS server IP>
set libreelec-version 11.0.3
set nfs-root /export/ipxeNFS/
set archl x86_64
set libreelec-storage-dir ${nfs-server}:${nfs-root}libreelec-storage/

echo Booting LibreELEC Generic ${libreelec-version} from NFS ${nfs-server}
set base-url LibreELEC-Generic.${archl}-${libreelec-version}
echo NFS path is: ${nfs-server}:${nfs-root}${base-url}/target

kernel KERNEL
initrd SYSTEM
imgargs KERNEL ip=dhcp boot=NFS=${nfs-server}:${nfs-root}${base-url}/target disk=NFS=${libreelec-storage-dir} overlay
boot || goto failed

:failed
echo Booting failed, dropping to shell
goto shell

Quote from HiassofT

Yes, iscsi support has been dropped quite a while ago https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/pull/6356

so long,

Hias

I'm trying to follow the netboot from NFS but not sure of all the parts since the e.g. IPs are different.

Is support gone for iscsi netboot in v11? Was working great up until v9.

Not I get:

*** Error in mount_flash: iscsistart: ISCSI support not available ***

This is what I followed:

https://openelec.tv/documentation/…work-boot-iscsi

Quote from Skrenes

I did exactly this but mine still crashes on reboot/shutdown. My logs are here (created the same was as instructed). Any ideas?

I'm not sure if this is related. But it could be due to some hardware storage issues? I see a lot of these in your logs:

Mar 24 09:12:25 RPi-TV systemd-udevd[270]: Failure opening block device (null): Bad address
Mar 24 09:12:25 RPi-TV systemd-udevd[269]: seq 849 queued, 'add' 'bus'
Mar 24 09:12:25 RPi-TV systemd-udevd[278]: IMPORT builtin 'blkid' /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-udevil-mount.rules:9
Mar 24 09:12:25 RPi-TV systemd-udevd[270]: IMPORT builtin 'blkid' returned non-zero

It doesn't appear you are boot via iSCSI and still using local storage.

Quote from chewitt

PXE booting is niche but the code bits haven't been touched in years and require no maintenance so it's no issue to leave it in the codebase. Glad you got it working

Great...yes, it is nothing better than to have several diskless clients able to use a central media server. I actually am able to remove and use the SSD that came with my boxes for other purposes so a win-win. In case OE gets rid of the article and for posterity, here is a link to it. (sorry, will need to rotate it with your PDF client).

BTW - Thank you for keep PXE boot capability and not dumping it like the previous distribution did.

OK, works now. Had to do something from this thread for the shutdown hang issue:

Copy /etc/connman/main.conf to /storage/.config/connman_main.conf
and add the network interface to NetworkInterfaceBlacklist option

NetworkInterfaceBlacklist = eth0,vmnet,vboxnet,virbr,ifb,docker,veth,ve-,vb-

Create an autostart script to add default gateway and connman resolv.conf

nano /storage/.config/autostart.sh

/sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.90.1
echo -e "search mydomain.org\nnameserver 192.168.90.1" > /run/connman/resolv.conf

chmod +x /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Does anyone have directions on how to do this. OpenELEC had a KERNEL and SYSTEM image in their tar file. How do I get the same from LibreELEC and I assume the process is the same, i.e.:

network-boot-iscsi

EDIT: OK, I found it here: Index of /pub/LibreELEC