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# How to boot a diskless VM with iPXE over NFS using only IPv6 # How to boot a diskless VM with iPXE over NFS using only IPv6


I have encountered so many issues and countless hours trying to figure this out, but I finally succeeded. Reading source code, strace'ing binaries trying to figure out what was wrong with them.
I have encountered many issues and countless hours trying to figure this out, but I finally succeeded. Reading source code, strace'ing binaries trying to figure out what was wrong with them.


# iPXE # iPXE
iPXE will do IPv4 DHCP first and then IPv6 SLAAC/DHCP. This is not a problem, it's just annoying. IPv4 DHCP has a default timeout in iPXE of 10 seconds. iPXE will do IPv4 DHCP first and then IPv6 SLAAC/DHCP. This is not a problem, it's just annoying. IPv4 DHCP has a default timeout in iPXE of 10 seconds.
* enable IPv6 -> `src/config/general.h` -> `#define NET_PROTO_IPV6` * enable IPv6 -> `src/config/general.h` -> `#define NET_PROTO_IPV6`
* mangle IPv4 DHCP timeout -> `src/config/dhcp.h` -> `#define DHCP_DISC_END_TIMEOUT_SEC 1` * mangle IPv4 DHCP timeout -> `src/config/dhcp.h` -> `#define DHCP_DISC_END_TIMEOUT_SEC 1`


Debian/Ubuntu ipxe-qemu patching
```
apt-get update
apt-get source ipxe-qemu
apt-get build-dep ipxe-qemu
cd ipxe-1.0.0+git-20180124.fbe8c52d # or whatever your version is
dch -n "add support for serial console / IPv6"
# apply the modifications above
debuild -b -uc -us
cd ..
dpkg -i ipxe-qemu_*.deb
```

# Kernel options # Kernel options


Make sure you pass the right kernel options for initramfs/initrd to know exactly what you want to do. (replace eth0 with the name of your PXE interface) Make sure you pass the right kernel options for initramfs/initrd to know exactly what you want to do. (replace eth0 with the name of your PXE interface)

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