Re: Bug#220163: How to create a PXE d-i netboot testbed in 10 easy steps

[Hein Roehrig <debian@hein.roehrig.name>]

I was following the instructions at
http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2003/debian-testing-200311/msg00098.html
for PXE-booting a VMware virtual machine with the 2003-12-21 daily
image.

I needed to make the following change to
/usr/local/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default : Instead of

        append load initrd=d-i/current/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=nomount console=tty0 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0

only

        append load initrd=d-i/current/netboot-initrd.gz devfs=mount console=tt\y0 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/bin/sh

works. Without devfs=mount I get 

Warning: unable to open an initial console. 
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Without "rw init=/bin/sh" or without "init=/bin/sh" I get

umount: Cannot open /proc/mounts 
umount: initrd:invalid argument 
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

Am I doing something wrong? If not, it may be worth documenting this
somewhere.

Thanks,
Hein

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appreciate copies of followups.