Re: [gentoo-user] grub + pxeboot
Awesome tidbit, I'll be sure to file that one away. Also, if you're configuring for a netboot, the definitive place to look is in the kernel tree itself. I would especially recommend Documentation/initrd.txt, which is great for netbooting something that's not going to be a diskless thinclient. Regardless, that should tell you everything you need to know, or where to look for the few pieces you're missing. --Mike On 6/13/06, YoYo Siska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Huber wrote: There was a really good guide on how to do this (at least, from the point of view of booting an nfs-mounted root directory) in the alternate installation guide. I'm pretty sure that you have to compile grub with the --enable-diskless option. I'm not really sure how to do that easily within portage, but I'm sure someone will chime in with an appropiate answer. The netboot use flag seems to be the right thing ;) it seems that it enables other things beside --enable-diskless that look like network drivers/whatever.. (never tried it) BTW if you want to pass something to ./configure in an emerge, just use EXTRA_ECONF=--enable-diskless emerge -av grub But I don't know if it can be set pernamently for that package in some file in /etc/portage/ On 6/2/06, *Enrico Weigelt* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'd like to let grub boot an PXE bootloader, so I've got the option to boot from network instead of local disk. How can I do this ? Currently I'm using an PXE bootdisk to boot from network, but this is not satisfying. YoYo -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub + pxeboot
Mike Huber wrote: There was a really good guide on how to do this (at least, from the point of view of booting an nfs-mounted root directory) in the alternate installation guide. I'm pretty sure that you have to compile grub with the --enable-diskless option. I'm not really sure how to do that easily within portage, but I'm sure someone will chime in with an appropiate answer. The netboot use flag seems to be the right thing ;) it seems that it enables other things beside --enable-diskless that look like network drivers/whatever.. (never tried it) BTW if you want to pass something to ./configure in an emerge, just use EXTRA_ECONF=--enable-diskless emerge -av grub But I don't know if it can be set pernamently for that package in some file in /etc/portage/ On 6/2/06, *Enrico Weigelt* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, I'd like to let grub boot an PXE bootloader, so I've got the option to boot from network instead of local disk. How can I do this ? Currently I'm using an PXE bootdisk to boot from network, but this is not satisfying. YoYo -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] grub + pxeboot
There was a really good guide on how to do this (at least, from the point of view of booting an nfs-mounted root directory) in the alternate installation guide. I'm pretty sure that you have to compile grub with the --enable-diskless option. I'm not really sure how to do that easily within portage, but I'm sure someone will chime in with an appropiate answer. Obviously PXE-booting requires a machine with a modern enough BIOS to support it. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml--MikeOn 6/2/06, Enrico Weigelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi folks, I'd like to let grub boot an PXE bootloader, so I've got theoption to boot from network instead of local disk.How can I do this ?Currently I'm using an PXE bootdisk to boot from network, butthis is not satisfying. thx--- Enrico Weigelt== metux IT servicephone: +49 36207 519931 www: http://www.metux.de/fax: +49 36207 519932 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]cellphone: +49 174 7066481- -- DSL ab 0 Euro. -- statische IP -- UUCP -- Hosting -- Webshops -gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] grub + pxeboot
Hi folks, I'd like to let grub boot an PXE bootloader, so I've got the option to boot from network instead of local disk. How can I do this ? Currently I'm using an PXE bootdisk to boot from network, but this is not satisfying. thx -- - Enrico Weigelt== metux IT service phone: +49 36207 519931 www: http://www.metux.de/ fax: +49 36207 519932 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cellphone: +49 174 7066481 - -- DSL ab 0 Euro. -- statische IP -- UUCP -- Hosting -- Webshops -- - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
