IRC chat logs for #ltsp on irc.libera.chat (webchat)


Channel log from 10 June 2022   (all times are UTC)

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09:10
<err404[m]>
Hello all
09:10
can we use ltsp to install machine over the network? (I have a preseed.cfg etc...)
09:11
<alkisg>
err404: no, but you can just add an entry in ltsp.ipxe for it, for example:
09:11
https://github.com/ltsp/ltsp/wiki/Non-LTSP-iPXE-entries
09:11
So you'd be using dnsmasq, ipxe and nfs to boot the iso, and then it would continue the installation using preseed etc, without using any of the ltsp code
09:13
<err404[m]>
ok, thanks
09:13
<alkisg>
Another way would be to use ltsp to clone installations; you could maintain your installations as virtualbox images, and have an ipxe menu that loads ltsp, that in turn runs dd
09:15
<err404[m]>
yes, my goal is to avoid multiple config, I want use same config for some VM (qemu/kvm with virt-manager) and also the same config for personal computer (booted via ltsp or by the disk drive)
09:15
<alkisg>
Btw I think Ubuntu is giving up on preseed.cfg, they've switched to cloud-init
09:16
<err404[m]>
yes, I use Debian, with a minimalist preseed.cfg, meaning I will swith to another way (cloud-init or other)
09:17
preseed.cfg is not easy to set, and have some limitations
09:18
<alkisg>
I've settled with "a school.deb for dependencies and configuration", and "netboot via ltsp and dd for cloning"
09:18
That way it takes me minimal time to have the same config in any distro, and installation takes 10 minutes = dd...
09:19
(and I didn't have to learn about preseed, ansible, cloud-init etc :D)
09:19
<err404[m]>
I cannot use dd, because I have encrypted partitions
09:20
(btw, I can use dd, but it will copy all the encrypted disk, not only the used sectors)
09:20
<alkisg>
Can't you maintain an e.g. 10 GB encrypted installation, then dd, then resize and change the key?
09:21
I haven't used full-disk encryption, no idea about it
09:22
<err404[m]>
I am still in a experiment stage :p
09:23
(and I already encrypted the wrong disk, loosing many personnal config, needed to reach the backup from the last month... :p )
09:25
<alkisg>
Hehe
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