From 846b6847a56c0354b46069b5042cce400fb79211 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: josh <josh@thewrightserver.net>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 10:55:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix kernel panic by adding ramdisk_size to iPXE kernel params

The Proxmox initrd is too large for the default ramdisk allocation,
causing VFS to fail mounting root. Add ramdisk_size=16777216 (16GB)
along with rw, quiet, and splash=verbose for proper installer boot.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 internal/pxe/ipxe.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/internal/pxe/ipxe.go b/internal/pxe/ipxe.go
index 8cfbe0a..37e09ff 100644
--- a/internal/pxe/ipxe.go
+++ b/internal/pxe/ipxe.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func BuildIPXEScript(publicURL string, img *model.Image, mac string) string {
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`#!ipxe
 echo Provisioning: booting %s on ${mac}
-kernel %s vga=791 video=vesafb:lfb:on
+kernel %s ramdisk_size=16777216 vga=791 video=vesafb:lfb:on rw quiet splash=verbose
 initrd %s
 boot
 `, img.Name, kernelURL, initrdURL)