iPXE boot Ubuntu 18.04 LUN

[n1nj4888]

Thanks for the reply @Multimediaman - You’re post makes a lot of sense!

I should have pointed out that it’s Ubuntu Desktop (not server) installed on this LUN since I now think I understand that Desktop doesn’t come with iSCSI support by default so sounds like 2 options:

(A) Remap the LUN to the working VM and boot into Ubuntu Desktop - Install iSCSI support, edit /etc/fstab and rebuild initrd. I should then be able to boot the LUN from a physical host using IPXE.

(B) Start from scratch and install Ubuntu Server to a blank ISCSI LUN (ie by selecting iSCSI install in the installer) - Hopefully then I can just remap this LUN to a physical machine to IPXE boot to it? If I need Ubuntu Desktop, I can then just install the desktop packages on top of the Ubuntu Server install.

I’m assuming there is no way to install Ubuntu Desktop to an iSCSI LUN by doing something clever in IPXE such as mapping the LUN as a local disk?

Thanks again!