Bug#441291: debian-installer: support for diskless (root on nfs) installation requested

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

Recently, iSCSI is getting popular. A diskless installation could support iSCSI, 
too.

1) both for NFS and iSCSI boot a special initrd would be needed (loaded with a 
kernel via PXE/tftp + parameters, allowing booting off network).

2) iSCSI devices behave essentially like normal block devices, so not much would 
be needed to change in d-i after a successful initiator connection is established

3) for NFS, it's even simpler - no partitioning etc.


I even wrote a simple step-by-step guide on how to boot off PXE/iSCSI:

http://wpkg.org/Diskless_/_remote_boot_with_Open-iSCSI


Of course, adopting it in a Debian installer is a completely different thing.


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Tomasz Chmielewski