Testing pxeboot with qemu

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Ever wondered if it was possible to test ~~multipathing~~ PXE boot with qemu? it turns out it is.

Basic idea: Extract an iso using Fedora’s livecd-iso-to-pxeboot tool and point qemu to that directory.

$ livecd-iso-to-pxeboot <isoname>
$ qemu \
    -hda hda.qcow2 \
    -net user,tftp=tftpboot,bootfile=pxelinux.0 -net nic

Nifty?

It will probably be re-used in some test automation context.

::: {#footer} [ October 9th, 2014 1:00pm ]{#timestamp} [fedora]{.tag} [pxe]{.tag} [qemu]{.tag} [kvm]{.tag} [node]{.tag} [test]{.tag} [automation]{.tag} :::