[PATCH] Run debian live from initrd via PXE boot without NFS
Should say untested!
On 25/02/07, Alex Owen <r.alex.owen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steven (and list!),
>
> How about this for an alternative patch...
> Advantage:Does not need a command line but uses presence of the
> squashfs in the initramfs to do the right thing.
>
> Disadvantage: cant also used same initramfs to boot casper normally...
> but then would you want to?
>
>
>
> === modified file 'scripts/casper'
> --- scripts/casper 2007-02-16 16:54:16 +0000
> +++ scripts/casper 2007-02-25 21:47:50 +0000
> @@ -605,7 +605,9 @@
>
> set_usplash_timeout
>
> - if [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
> + if is_casper_path "" ; then
> + livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
> + elif [ ! -z "${NETBOOT}" ]; then
> if do_netmount ; then
> livefs_root="${mountpoint}"
> else
>
>
> On 22/02/07, Steven Shiau <steven@nchc.org.tw> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > We know there is a network boot mechanism based on NFS for Debian live.
> > On the other hand, to run Debian live from initrd via PXE boot, i.e. all
> > the files are in RAM, nothing is in NFS-based directory, seems to be
> > another good idea. The following method works with
> > http://live.debian.net/weekly-builds/20070219/i386/debian-live-etch-i386-standard.iso
> > For us, this "frominitrd" method is useful when we just want to use a
> > PXE server to provide a network boot service for client, and no NFS
> > service is necessary. It's something like "fire and forget" mode. You
> > can let client PXE boot, then the network cable for client is actually
> > not necessary any more.
> > The patch file for casper in initrd (for live-package 0.99.14-3) is
> > attached, and the pxelinux config file in server is like:
> > -------------------------------
> > default linux
> > label linux
> > kernel vmlinuz
> > append initrd=initrd.gz boot=casper frominitrd
> > -------------------------------
> > To use that, we have mount the isolinux/initrd.gz from
> > debian-live-etch-i386-standard.iso , replace the patched linuxrc, and
> > pack the initrd.gz with casper/filesystem.squashfs inserted.
> > All the above steps can be done by the program in
> > /opt/drbl/sbin/drbl-SL.sh in project DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in
> > Linux, http://drbl.sf.net), with drbl version 1.7.9-54 or later .
> > Feel free to use it or modify if you think it's valuable.
> > Thanks you for such a nice live package.
> >
> > --
> > Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org>
> > National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan.
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