# debugging flags
# keep KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS void for production
KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS=""
-# uncomment this to augment verbosity of boot phase
-KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS="$KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS systemd.log_level=debug"
+# add more flags here for debugging
+# KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS="$KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS some_other_kernel_arg"
+# see also
+# (*) GetBootMedium that has some provisions for common
+# kargs, like e.g. for removing the hangcheck feature,
+# or for turning on debug messages for systemd
+# these can be turned on with tags on the node
+# (*) tests default config, that uses this feature so
+# the tests can benefit these features, without deploying
+# them by default in production
# defaults
DEFAULT_TYPES="usb iso"
# as of syslinux 6.05 (fedora 21) ldlinux.c32 is required by isolinux.bin
# the debug version can come in handy at times, and is 40k as well
isolinuxdir="/usr/share/syslinux"
- isolinuxfiles="isolinux.bin ldlinux.c32 isolinux-debug.bin memdisk"
+ # ship only what is mandatory, and forget about
+ # (*) isolinux-debug.bin as its name confuses mkisofs
+ # (*) memdisk that is not useful
+ isolinuxfiles="isolinux.bin ldlinux.c32"
for isolinuxfile in $isolinuxfiles; do
[ -f $isolinuxdir/$isolinuxfile ] && cp $isolinuxdir/$isolinuxfile "${BUILDTMP}/isofs"
done
# build/passwd copied out by prep.sh
sed -e "s@^root:[^:]*:\(.*\)@root:$ROOT_PASSWORD:\1@" ${VARIANT}/passwd >$OVERLAY/etc/passwd
+# this is more harmful than helpful
+# idea being, since we start a full-featured fedora system now, it would
+# have been nice to be able to enter sshd very early on - before bm has even been downloaded
+# however somehow it appears that these lines ruin all chances to enter ssh at all
+# either early or even later on;
+# plus, it is unclear what this would give on non=systemd nodes, so I am backing off for now
+# # recent bootCDs rely on a standard systemd startup sequence
+# # so allow debug key to enter in this context whenever that makes sense
+# mkdir -p $OVERLAY/root/.ssh
+# chmod 700 $OVERLAY/root/.ssh
+# cp $PLC_DEBUG_SSH_KEY_PUB $OVERLAY/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+# chmod 600 $OVERLAY/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
# Install node configuration file (e.g., if node has no floppy disk or USB slot)
if [ -f "$NODE_CONFIGURATION_FILE" ] ; then
echo "* Installing node configuration file $NODE_CONFIGURATION_FILE -> /usr/boot/plnode.txt of the bootcd image"
KERNEL_ARGS="$KERNEL_ARGS biosdevname=0"
# making sure selinux is turned off - somehow this is needed with lxc/f14
KERNEL_ARGS="$KERNEL_ARGS selinux=0"
- # output systemd-related messages on the serial line so it gets with log.txt
- KERNEL_ARGS="$KERNEL_ARGS systemd.log_target=console console=ttyS0,115200"
# add any debug flag if any (defined in the header of this script)
KERNEL_ARGS="$KERNEL_ARGS $KERNEL_DEBUG_ARGS"
# propagate kernel args for later boot stages
EOF
# Create ISO image
- echo "* Creating ISO image in $(pwd)"
+ echo "* Generated isolinux.cfg -------------------- BEG"
+ cat $ISOFS/isolinux.cfg
+ echo "* Generated isolinux.cfg -------------------- END"
+ echo "* Creating ISO image in pwd=$(pwd)"
+ echo "* with command mkisofs -o $iso $MKISOFS_OPTS $ISOFS"
mkisofs -o "$iso" $MKISOFS_OPTS $ISOFS
}