work needed for network booting Debian Live
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.
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.
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