X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lk;h=247f4ed15621b8eee48f3590d7215554151a6652;hb=d9993568d38dd7d2d18ced6b5007e9cc07d1e576;hp=dbe9d2ea7115ac87328d03f770c6435db6068aea;hpb=8d5ef1a7a61d7475823452f47f5b4cd7a06722e8;p=automated-distro-installer

diff --git a/lk b/lk
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index dbe9d2e..247f4ed
--- a/lk
+++ b/lk
@@ -17,15 +17,25 @@
 
 usage() {
     cat <<EOF
-Usage: ${0##*/} [-h|--help]
+Usage: ${0##*/} [-h|--help] [HOST]
 fai kexec from upstream live cds, i.e. curl|bash
 
+If HOST argument, ssh to root@HOST before doing kexec. This does what
+pxe would do, but skipping boot sequence up to and including the pxe
+dhcp.
+
+
 You can copy this to a http server, then wget -O- url|sudo bash
 curl is sometimes not preinstalled on a live cd.
 
-This has been tested on trisquel belenos and ubuntu xenial & 18.10.
-With 18.10 on an x200, kexec was unreliable, resulting in freezes and
-kernel panics.
+Alternative to http server:
+1. on install machine nc -l 1234 | sudo bash
+2. On another machine nc INSTALL_MACHINE 1234 <live-kexec
+Obviously beware that anyone on your network could send commands to the install machine.
+
+This has been tested on trisquel 7 & 8 & ubuntu 16.04 & 18.10.  With
+18.10 and trisquel 8 on an x200, kexec was unreliable, resulting in
+freezes and kernel panics.
 
 If the screen just sits in a weird color inverted, corrupted looking state,
 it's probably nothing wrong with the computer, but a problem
@@ -36,8 +46,13 @@ EOF
 }
 case $1 in
     -h|--help) usage ;;
+    ?*) host=$1
 esac
 
+if [[ $host ]]; then
+  ssh root@$host bash -s < $(readlink -f "$BASH_SOURCE")
+  exit $?
+  fi
 
 set -ex
 if grep -q ID=ubuntu /etc/os-release; then
@@ -45,7 +60,7 @@ if grep -q ID=ubuntu /etc/os-release; then
     sed -ri '/^\s*deb/{/universe/!s/$/ universe/}' /etc/apt/sources.list
 fi
 if ! type -p pxe-kexec >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    apt-get update
+    apt-get update ||: # try even if we fail
     apt-get install -y debconf
     debconf-set-selections <<EOF
 kexec-tools kexec-tools/load_kexec boolean false