X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=automated-distro-installer;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b7bfa78746e19e68d69076b90b4abb8f423ef67f;hp=b53550723c17c7fe98bb6ca670b9dfa6bb97fe5c;hb=d6df8985152a6c17523cedc3fee62694544eeaf2;hpb=ec9227898fa68bd89de454c87bce8ea051a8d783 diff --git a/README b/README index b535507..b7bfa78 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,28 +1,28 @@ Multi-boot/distro btrfs provisioning -Some things are specific to my home network. Uses PXE, designed for bare -metal but also works for pxe booted VM. - -Features people may find useful: installs encrypted arch, debian stable, -& debian testing all on the same btrfs filesystem, smartly utilizing -multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt on reboots. The -partititioning and filesystem script is the biggest part and is at -fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT. Other debian based distros should -work fine, and I'm planning to add Fedora support. Disks are grouped as -ssd or hdd and raided in raid 1 or raid 0 per configuration. The base -partitions are divided into boot, swap, and root, (only boot is -unencrypted). There are scripts to resize those partitions -post-provision and while the system is running. - -The repo name fai is copied from a project of the same name which this -project uses for debian installs. It stands for "fully automated -installer." +Some things are specific to my home network. Uses pxe or pxe-kexec (for +systems like libreboot with no pxe rom, we boot into a live cd or distro +for bootsraping). Works for bare-metal or vms. + +Features people may find useful: installs encrypted trisquel belanos, +arch, debian stable, & debian testing all on the same btrfs filesystem. +Smartly utilizes multiple disks, with scripts to automatically decrypt +on reboots. The partititioning and filesystem script is at +fai/config/hooks/partition.DEFAULT. Other debian based distros at least +as new as ubuntu 14.04 should work fine, and I'm planning to add Fedora +support. Disks are grouped as ssd or hdd and raided in raid 1 or raid 0 +per configuration. The base partitions are divided into boot, swap, and +root, (only boot is unencrypted). There are scripts to resize those +partitions post-provision and while the system is running. + +The repo name fai is copied from the debian project of the same name, +meaning "fully automated installer." It also fully automates configuration of an openwrt router after manual initial installation. -Provisionining is done, I sync files using unison, then automate further -setup using a different set of scripts, +After provisionining is done, I sync files using unison, then automate +further setup using a different set of scripts, https://iankelling.org/git/?p=distro-setup;a=tree. My network is a wndr3700v2 router with openwrt on it and a few pcs/laptops. @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ faiserver-setup # install fai-server on the current machine fresize # resize swap or boot partitions in a host pxe-server # temporarily enable (usually) fai or arch boot server wrt-setup-remote # setup my router +ubuntu-xenial-live-fai-kexec # do fai install from xenial live cd using kexec +myfai-chboot # use instead of pxe-server for fai kexec based install License stuff: The license for the project is GPLv2 or later, mostly because fai is