How to create machine which will boot clonezilla from pxe: Create lv for future disk root@r1u32:~# lvcreate -L 30G -n cz2 oscarvg WARNING: ext4 signature detected on /dev/oscarvg/cz2 at offset 1080. Wipe it? [y/n]: y Wiping ext4 signature on /dev/oscarvg/cz2. Logical volume "cz2" created. root@r1u32:~# gnt-instance add -B maxmem=2G,vcpus=4 -t plain -n r1u32 -o snf-image+default --os-parameters=img_format=diskdump,img_id=windows2k3,img_properties='{"OSFAMILY":"windows"}' --disk 0:adopt=cz2 --net 0:link=br0063 --no-name-check --no-ip-check --no-start k-cz2 Wed May 1 15:48:33 2019 * disk 0, size 30.0G Wed May 1 15:48:33 2019 adding instance k-cz2 to cluster config Wed May 1 15:48:33 2019 adding disks to cluster config Wed May 1 15:48:34 2019 - INFO: Waiting for instance k-cz2 to sync disks Wed May 1 15:48:34 2019 - INFO: Instance k-cz2's disks are in sync Wed May 1 15:48:34 2019 - INFO: Waiting for instance k-cz2 to sync disks Wed May 1 15:48:34 2019 - INFO: Instance k-cz2's disks are in sync root@r1u32:~# gnt-instance modify -H initrd_path=,kernel_path=,boot_order=network k-cz2 Modified instance k-cz2 - hv/kernel_path -> - hv/initrd_path -> - hv/boot_order -> network Please don't forget that most parameters take effect only at the next (re)start of the instance initiated by ganeti; restarting from within the instance will not be enough. Note that changing hypervisor parameters without performing a restart might lead to a crash while performing a live migration. This will be addressed in future Ganeti versions. Find mac of new machine: root@r1u32:~# gnt-instance info k-cz2 | grep MAC MAC: aa:00:00:29:da:96 Now you will need to configure booting for mac adress of that machine: root@dns01:~# vi /etc/dhcp/conf4.d/lib-pub.conf subclass "lib-pub-unknown" 1:aa:00:00:29:da:96; # k-cz2 test on oscar ganeti host k-cz2 { hardware ethernet aa:00:00:29:da:96; allow booting; next-server 10.60.4.9; filename "pxelinux.0"; } Restart dhcpd to pickup configuration: root@dns01:~# /etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server reload Start machine or rebootit: root@r1u32:/srv/gnt-info# socat - /var/run/ganeti/kvm-hypervisor/ctrl/k-cz2.monitor QEMU 2.8.1 monitor - type 'help' for more information (qemu) system_reset system_reset