cbednarski / smartpi

Setup SmartOS PXE boot from raspberry pi.

smartpi

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a PXE boot server for SmartOS. Supports Raspbian. I suppose you could technically use the PXE boot infrastructure for any OS but we'll focus on SmartOS in this project.

Basic Requirements

• 1 Raspberry Pi (I used a model B v3)
• 1 server you want to boot as SmartOS

Non-Features

• This project does not help you run SmartOS on a Raspberry Pi.
• This project does not help you netboot other Raspberry Pis.

How To Use

Install the scripts on your rpi.

1. Run smartpi-setup.sh to install and configure your raspberry pi as an iPXE boot server.
2. Run smartpi-update.sh to download the latest version of SmartOS.
3. PXE boot your server. This is easiest via IPMI or a similar remote management feature.

Notes

The rpi built-in networking is 100mbit. On a wired LAN connection, transferring the SmartOS boot files will take around 30 seconds.