Re: diskless
I have a 6-machine computational cluster running diskless under Debian.
We are using a custom-compiled kernel 2.4.17. To get this to work, you
MUST compile your own kernel. The stock Debian kernels don't fufill the
requirements for diskless booting. I'm afraid I won't be able to recall
them all the requirements off the top of my head, but here are a few:
* NFS support compiled in, not a module
* driver for your NIC compiled in, not a module
* NFS as RootFS support enabled
* CRAMFS support compiled in, not a module
* RAM disk support compiled in, not a module
Finally, when you make-kpkg be sure to include the --initrd option.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Does it work now?
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