FAI for Linux on Apple Silicon?

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:01:07 +0100, Steffen Grunewald <steffen.grunewald at aei.mpg.de> said:

    > Will do as soon as I know how...
    > Random thought: Would this also run on a more "normal" ARM64 machine?
What's a normal machine?

    >> Add this to dhcpd.conf:
    >> 
    >> if substring(option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 20) = "PXEClient:Arch:00011" {
    >> filename "boot/grub/grubnetaa64.efi";
    >> }

    > I've been using this for years now ;) but I'm using the signed one, should
    > I revert this?
No. If the signed works for you then dont't change it.
I don't know if the signed grub efi file works without a shim loader before.


    >> Copy kernel and initrd into this dir:
    >> # cp -pv /srv/fai/nfsroot/boot/vmlinu* /srv/fai/nfsroot/boot/initrd* /srv/tftp/grub/
    >> # chmod a+r /srv/fai/nfsroot/boot/initrd*

    > Shouldn't the second command change the copy, not the source of the initrd?
Yep, that a fault. Correct is:
# chmod a+r /srv/tftp/grub/initrd*


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regards Thomas