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The original was posted on /r/sysadmin by /u/ringminusthree on 2024-01-23 00:20:14+00:00.
working through my operating system management and deployment over bare metal machines in my datacenter. using iPXE running on the NIC to bootstrap new machines.
(everything deployed inside a unified kernel image).
writing a custom init program i'll package in a primary initramfs that when loaded/executed partitions, creates, mounts, installs (by aid of a package manager) the operating system and its rootfs onto the machine's persistent media.
this primary initramfs carries inside of it a secondary UKI that will be installed into the boot partition.
curious is this is common practice? are other people out there doing this?