Deploying Debian 5 GNU/Linux with Insight Control for Linux Version 6.0 and 6.1

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Directory
CD/DVD
NETBOOT
acpi
yes yes
ata
yes
base
yes yes
block
yes yes
cdrom
yes
char
yes yes
hid
yes yes
ide
yes
yes
ieee1394
yes yes
input
yes yes
leds
yes
misc
yes yes
mmc
yes yes
net
yes
parport
yes
pcmcia
yes yes
scsi
yes
yes
serial
yes yes
ssb
yes
thermal
yes yes
usb
yes yes
video
yes
yes
virtio
yes
You must download any extra .udeb packages from the following web address:
For example, if your server has SATA disks, download the following packages:
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-i386-2.6/
ata-modules-2.6.26-2-486-di_1.76lenny5_i386.udeb
sata-modules-2.6.26-2-486-di_1.76lenny5_i386.udeb
Step 6 describes where to copy the .udeb packages that you downloaded.
Step 6: Create an init script to perform pre-installation tasks
In this step, you create an init script to perform the following tasks:
a) To accept the MAC address (instead of the device name) for the boot NIC in the kernel boot
parameters. The reason for this is that we do not always know what device name (for
example, eth0, eth1, and so on) the kernel is going to assign to a particular network
interface from one boot cycle to the next. We do know, however, that each network
interface has a unique MAC address that does not change. Therefore, by accepting the boot
NIC’s MAC address in the kernel boot parameters, we are guaranteed to set up the correct
network interface.
b) To accept a static IP address for those cases where we are not using PXE/DHCP and want to
boot using Virtual Media instead. Virtual Media allows the server to boot an ISO through the
iLO that contains a kernel, initrd, isolinux.bin boot loader, and an isolinux.cfg
boot loader configuration file. Insight Control for Linux creates this ISO during a custom OS
installation. The static IP address information is passed in as a kernel boot parameter. A
sample script, which is provided later in this paper, shows how to do this. For more
information on specifying static IP address information for use with Virtual Media, see the