work needed for network booting Debian Live
On 4/27/06, Jason D. Clinton <me@jasonclinton.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 April 2006 18:43, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> > > 3. A new script that, when using 'make-live net', is used instead of
> > > of iso.sh in /usr/share/make-live/scripts/. In a network environment,
> > > there is no compelling need for a SquashFS image of the root filesystem;
> > > a flat directory structure will do. This new script will neither create a
> > > SquashFS NOR an ISO. Instead, it will generate "recommended" changes to
> > > the server's dhcpd.conf and also create/copy the files that need to go in
> > > /tftpboot/ including a copy of the pxelinux loader and a recommended boot
> > > config file called pxelinux.cfg/default. pxelinux.cfg/default will
> > > contain a boot=casper-net instead of the boot=casper used in the existing
> > > "make-live iso".
> >
> > Would make-live net also generate a booting ISO? (i.e. an ISO to burn
> > so that computers without net boot can boot)
>
> No, because there's no good reason to do so: since the ISO/disc is read-only,
> any changes to the IP address of the server would required throwing away all
> your old CD's and burning a completely new set with the correct IP address on
> them.
Couldn't you use an option on the kernel commandline? Or store it on a
floppy disc/USB drive? Many older computers can't netboot from BIOS,
so something like this would be helpful. There's also things like
BOOTP and so on that can be used.
>
> However, there may be value in some kind of automatic script that installs
> GRUB to the MBR of a floppy or USB pen drive and then copies the linux and
> initrd to an ext2 partition on the drive. The grub configuration for IP
> address to boot to could be changed by merely editing the menu.lst file. This
> would also be handy for thin-client terminals which have CF-card readers
> built in to the motherboards.
>
Why would you need the kernel and initrd?
andrew
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