On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:53:04AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote: > mabrothrax wrote: > > I would like to distribute the network an iso Debian live 5 environment > > with PXE. The server contains tftpd32 win, Deamon Tool an HFS. Tftpd32 > > first provides an address via DHCP then gPXElinux.0. > > you can only use pxe to distribute the kernel and initrd to the clients > (or in your case, when you use gpxelinux, only that bootloader), for the > rootfs you either need to serve the rootfs over nfs (prefered), or over > http (via fetch= parameter; check the archive for webboot and it's > limitations). Hello, debian-live folks. I have been meaning to bring this up on this list for long time now, but this discussion is somewhat relevant so now's as good a time as any... I believe many people interested in debian-live might also be interested in debirf, a system for building full-blown Debian systems that run entirely in RAM: http://cmrg.fifthhorseman.net/wiki/debirf http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/debirf A debirf image doesn't require a separate rootfs at all. The debirf package can be used to build an initramfs that can be used with a stock Debian kernel. These two things can be used to boot into a full Debian system, requiring no disks, via pxe, cd iso, usb, etc. It's easy to build the images, and a simple plugin architecture can be used to tailor the images for any needs. An included "rescue" profile can be used to build a image that functions very similarly to RIP [0], but is of course as extendable as Debian itself is. Hopefully some people interested in debian-live might also find debirf interesting. I'm one of the debirf developers, so please feel free to contact us with any questions. jamie. [0] http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/
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