[opensuse] Can I run Debian with an openSUSE kernel+initrd?
I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ? I'll be testing this tomorrow anyway, so this is more of sanity check - to see if anyone's got an opniion or advice to share. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.0°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - dedicated server rental in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 06:18:28PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ?
I'd say it should be possible, if iSCSI support will be present in initrd. I haven't tried anythin evil with dracut based initrd, but if you have present shell, chroot, pivot_root, iscsi tools and kernel modules, you could do it at least manually.
I'll be testing this tomorrow anyway, so this is more of sanity check - to see if anyone's got an opniion or advice to share.
Good luck with that. S_W
El 02/06/14 12:18, Per Jessen escribió:
I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ?
It will probably work, it goes without saying that this is not a supported usage scenario. ;-) -- Cristian "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 02/06/14 12:18, Per Jessen escribió:
I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ?
It will probably work, it goes without saying that this is not a supported usage scenario. ;-)
Hehe, no I guess it is a little out of scope :-) -- Per Jessen, Zürich (14.6°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday 02 June 2014, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 02/06/14 12:18, Per Jessen escribió:
I have a need to boot Debian from iSCSI root, which doesn't appear to be well supported. There is a project init4boot, but this seems to be quite old. As openSUSE supports iSCSI quite well, it appeared to me that I could probably boot a system with an openSUSE kernel and initrd, and have a Debian root ?
It will probably work, it goes without saying that this is not a supported usage scenario. ;-)
Why not? It's one of the most important use cases that certain openSUSE versions or other distros run with all kind of different kernels as workers on OBS. cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
participants (4)
-
Cristian Rodríguez -
Per Jessen -
Ruediger Meier -
Tomas Cech