First it tries to look for the mac address, followed by a try on the hexadecimal representation of the client ip. Edit the file mntsda1efigrubg and add the following lines to boot plop linux. The syslinux project is a suite of lightweight bootloaders, for starting. End menu begin openfiler storage server menu title openfiler. This is the mac linux usb loader, a tool allowing you to take an iso of a linux distribution and make it boot using efi. This release adds a configuration option for the default boot choice, fixes the linuxgrub detection issue, and fixes snow leopard. Note that extlinux installs in the filesystem partition like a wellbehaved bootloader. Choosing the default extlinux boot loader worked fine for me. Fog imaging solution for linux systems, windows systems and mac. Edit the ip address option using static ip address and set the hostname then continue click next. It requires a single usb drive formatted as fat with at least 2 gb free recommended. How to configure openfiler iscsi storage for use with vmware. The application is available in english and is partially translated into spanish and traditional chinese.
We choose grub boot loader here because we have iso image with us for the installation. The mac will boot the linux system from the connected usb drive. Youll mainly work from openfiler s web interface, not the command line below. Boot from the openfiler installation cd at the boot prompt, type expert for text mode type expert text, i used graphical mode manually configure your partitions. It will support different version of linux, mac and windows to be cloned. I setup lvm for var and swap for easy increase the space in the future. Step 7 now click on edit option to setup the network configuration. The config directory can be used to store different configurations for the netbooted clients. Its not as commonly used as a bootloader for desktops and laptops, but its perfectly capable of that. Pxeinstallmultidistro community help wiki ubuntu documentation. Extlinux is one of the many spinoffs of syslinux the bootloader used for live cds and many other applications.
Logical volume management openfiler san storage iscsi. Its just a unique way of addressing an iscsi device, similar in purpose to a mac address. I use fat32 because of uefi i mount my efi system partition directly to boot, but in. Once the password is entered all configuration items are complete and installation will commence. Insert disk and boot the server up, press enter to install openfiler using the gui provided. And it supports the few things i want out of a bootloader. Solvedshould boot partition be formated in ext2 or ext4. Step by step installation process for openfiler as shared. Citrix in xenserver 6 has changed from grub to extlinux. Now, ive deployed openfiler before, but it was just one esxi host. Extlinux is the default boot loader for praxis, configuration is done manually. Its simple, well tested and has been around for years.
When a client tries to boot, the mac address or the ip address is used to determine the appropriate client config file. Accept the default extlinux boot loader and configure the networking as per the lab setup convention select the appropriate time zone for your location and on the next screen set the root password. To actually boot the drive, reboot your mac and hold down the option key while it boots. Most of the network cards will support to boot pxe. Either press enter to continue or wait the allotted time and openfiler will start automatically. Once you have linux installed, you may want to install the linux version from the ubuntu repositories its in a package called gdisk. Dual boot linux on a mac with original boot loader without uninstalling os x. Step 8 now put the ip address and subnet mask under manual configuration and disable the ipv6 support because we are not going to use that support we only use ipv4 support. Once you see the screen below, you can close the console to the openfiler vm. Continue click next if using default openfiler partition table. If your mac just boots to the login screen and you dont see the boot options menu, reboot your mac again and hold down the option key earlier in the boot process. The boot loader screen below is what youll see each time openfiler boots. How to install extlinux syslinux as a bootloader the shallow sky.