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====== Booting Debian from an ATA over Ethernet (AoE) target ====== - Install the ''aoetools'' package and a kernel image that includes the ''aoe'' driver, ''linux-image-2.6.18-5-*'' from etch will do fine. - Copy the ''scripts'' and ''hooks'' subdirectories into ''/etc/initramfs-tools'' `hooks/aoetools' makes sure that the `aoe' kernel module and /sbin/aoe-discover get added to the initial ramdisk. `scripts/local-top/aoetools' will be copied to the ramdisk and be run at boot-time, before the root filesystem is mounted. If the root device string looks like an AoE target, It brings up all Ethernet interfaces that have been recognized by the kernel and sends the `aoe' driver looking for targets. 3. Make sure that /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf contains the line BUSYBOX=y so that Busybox is included in the initrd. 4. Create or update /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/menu.lst Replace /dev/hd* or /dev/sd* entries in /etc/fstab with entries of the form /dev/etherd/eX.YpZ where X is the AoE shelf number, Y is the disk number, and Z is the partition number. Grub should pass something like `root=/dev/etherd/eX.YpZ' to the Linux kernel via its command line. 5. Update the initial ramdisks. # update-initramfs -u -k all 6. Disconnect the hard drive in the client machine and boot it. If the system should hang before the root device has been mounted, passing `break=mount' on the command line will spawn a shell before `scripts/local-top/aoetools' is run. This should allow for further debugging.
