Re: generating netboot images

[Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz>]

2009/9/11 Ruben Vos <rubenvos1982@gmail.com>:
> Fellow debian-live users,
>
> For the past few months I have only been able to generate working
> netboot images using an old live-helper version. Whenever I try to use
> the newer git-versions, all generated netboot images result in a
> white/gray “circle” on the machines that attempt the actual PXE boot
> (i can send a jpeg of it).
>
> I use a debian Lenny virtual machine to generate my netboot images, I
> have been experiencing this problem with Etch hosts as well. The
> problem occurs on both Vmware and Virtualbox machines and I have
> reproduced it on "normal" machines as well. There is no error during
> the build-process that I am aware of.
>
> I get my working netboot-images using 1.0.1-4 .
>
> I am using this very basic lh_config string:
>
> lh_config -b net -d lenny --net-root-server 192.168.1.5
> --bootappend-live “locale=nl_NL.UTF-8” --syslinux-timeout 25
>
> the output of which i can email, as well as a pjeg from the resulting
> "white circle".
>

I get working netboot images with 1.0.5-2.

However. I generate them as iso images because I use both the
binary.iso for CD booting and the binary/live contents for netbooting.

Thanks

Michal