Complete implementation of seed install

Some fixed decisions were made, namely that bond0 would be created by
the installer from "all other interfaces" to facilitate easy
provisioning.

buildiso.sh

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     esac
 done
 
-PACKAGE_LIST_MAIN="live-tools linux-image-amd64 mdadm lvm2 parted gdisk debootstrap grub-pc-bin grub-efi-amd64 sipcalc vim ca-certificates vlan"
+PACKAGE_LIST_MAIN="live-tools live-boot live-boot-initramfs-tools linux-image-amd64 mdadm lvm2 parted gdisk dosfstools debootstrap grub-pc-bin grub-efi-amd64 sipcalc vim ca-certificates vlan tftp-hpa curl ipmitool"
 PACKAGE_LIST_NONFREE="firmware-bnx2 firmware-bnx2x"
 
 mkdir -p artifacts/lb

buildpxe.sh

@@ -114,10 +114,6 @@ build_pxe() {
 
 # Set global variables
 set root-url tftp://\${next-server}
-set host-url tftp://\${next-server}/host
-
-# Load host/mac-*.ipxe if present (per-host host-args configuration)
-chain --autofree \${host-url}/mac-\${mac:hexraw}.ipxe ||
 
 set menu-default pvc-installer
 set submenu-default pvc-installer
@@ -125,11 +121,24 @@ set submenu-default pvc-installer
 :pvc-installer
 kernel \${root-url}/vmlinuz
 initrd \${root-url}/initrd.img
-imgargs vmlinuz console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 boot=live components timezone=America/Toronto fetch=\${root-url}/filesystem.squashfs username=root \${host-args}
+imgargs vmlinuz console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 vga=normal nomodeset boot=live components ethdevice-timeout=60 timezone=America/Toronto fetch=\${root-url}/filesystem.squashfs username=root pvcinstall.preseed=on pvcinstall.seed_host=\${next-server} pvcinstall.seed_file=/host/mac-\${mac:hexraw}.preseed
+
 boot
 EOF
     echo "done."
 
+    echo -n "Downloading iPXE binary undionly.kpxe (chainloads arbitrary PXE clients)... "
+    pushd ${outputdir} &>/dev/null
+    wget -O undionly.kpxe https://boot.ipxe.org/undionly.kpxe &>/dev/null || fail "failed to download undionly.kpxe."
+    popd &>/dev/null
+    echo "done."
+
+    echo -n "Downloading iPXE binary undionly.kpxe (chainloads UEFI clients)... "
+    pushd ${outputdir} &>/dev/null
+    wget -O ipxe.efi https://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.efi &>/dev/null || fail "failed to download ipxe.efi."
+    popd &>/dev/null
+    echo "done."
+
     sudo chown -R $(whoami) ${outputdir}
     sudo chmod -R u+w ${outputdir}
 

install.seed.example

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+###
+### General definitions
+###
+
+# The Debian release to use
+debrelease="bullseye"
+
+# The Debian mirror to use
+debmirror="http://debian.mirror.rafal.ca/debian"
+
+# Package list (installed during debootstrap)
+debpkglist="lvm2,parted,gdisk,grub-pc,grub-efi-amd64,linux-image-amd64,sudo,vim,gpg,gpg-agent,aptitude,openssh-server,vlan,ifenslave,python2,python3,ca-certificates,ntp"
+
+# Package list (installed in chroot)
+suppkglist="firmware-linux,firmware-linux-nonfree,firmware-bnx2,firmware-bnx2x"
+
+###
+### Per-host definitions
+###
+
+# The hostname of the system (set per-run)
+target_hostname="HOSTNAME"
+
+# The target disk (either path or model to find; path overrides model if set)
+target_disk_path="/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:2:0:0"  # Example: Dell BOSS on R6515 via explicit path
+target_disk_model="DELLBOSS VD"                                     # Example: Dell BOSS on R6515 via model name
+
+# SSH key method (usually tftp)
+target_keys_method="tftp"
+
+# SSH key path
+target_keys_path="keys.txt"
+
+# Deploy username
+target_deploy_user="deploy"