Hive OS PXE Diskless

Network boot for diskless rigs

Documentation https://forum.hiveos.farm/t/hive-os-diskless-pxe/12319

Requires : sudo, xz-utils, pxz apt-get install -yqq sudo xz-utils pxz

For installation directly from the GitHub, execute the following command in the terminal:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minershive/hiveos-pxe-diskless/master/pxe-setup.sh && sudo bash pxe-setup.sh

cd path_to_pxeserver

Type ./deploy_pxe ubuntu20 --build. This command create new hiveramfs image in pxeserver/hiveramfs/ folder. Rootfs stored in pxeserver/build/ubuntu20/_fs. Ubuntu 20.04 set as default, but you can use ubuntu18|ubuntu20|ubuntu22 option for build custom image. Set default boot image in pxeserver/tftp/efi/default.cfg Try ./deploy_pxe --help for see more options

Create custom boot config

You can manually create custom boot config for PXE UEFI to boot different images on different PXE RIGS Just copy pxeserver/tftp/efi/default.cfg to pxeserver/tftp/efi/custom/aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff.cfg (where aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is a mac-address of your rig). You can change in them ram_size for image, image_name, AMD OpenCL or Nvidia driver version.

If you need support Nvidia cards, use ./deploy_pxe nvidia list for list all avaliable drivers and ./deploy_pxe nvidia --build <VER> to create nvidia-.tar.xz image. This image will be stored in pxeserver/hiveramfs/nvidia folder.

After version 6.5.3 full support ONLY UEFI PXE boot. Legacy PXE boot is DEPRECATED and work not guaranteed. You can edit Legacy PXE config manualy.