----- Forwarded message from Rainer M Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:58:49 +0200 From: Rainer M Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: University of Stellenbosch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problem with diskless boot References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Lubomir Kundrak wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:05:28AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: >> To: [email protected] >> From: Rainer M Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:05:28 +0200 >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: Problem with diskless boot >> >> Lubomir Kundrak wrote: >>> Hello! >>> >>> As manual[1] says, format of the T150 tag is "(nd)/path/to/menu.lst". >>> Surely, to access (nd) device you have to have networking facilities >>> compiled in. >> I'll try this. Thanks. >> and I have to set the T150 tag to "(nd)/path/to/menu.lst" and only >> replace the path/to bit and the "(nd)" stays as it is? > > Sure. "(nd)" means that file with following path is to be obtained > from the TFTP server. > AAhh! That explains. :-) I think I will manage now. As far as I remember, this is not clear in the man pages - could it possibly added? Thanks a million, Rainer >>> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Diskless.html >>> >>> Regards, >>> Lubo >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:39:10AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote: >>>> To: [email protected] Ini.Add( '#Possible integer values for >>>> InitialPlants:' ); Ini.Add( '# = 0 : No Plants; Positive integer: Number' ); Ini.Add( '# > 0 : No of individuals at random locations (may be less if overlap!)' ); Ini.Add( '# = -1 : One individual in the centre of the simulated area' ); Ini.Add( '# < -1 : One individual in centre of each cell, proportion of cells with plant: - InitialPlants / 1000' ); >>>> From: Rainer M Krug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:39:10 +0200 >>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: Problem with diskless boot >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> If this is the wrong newsgroup to ask, could you please direct mi to a >>>> better one? Thanks for that. >>>> >>>> My Problem: >>>> >>>> I am trying to boot a diskless client (at the moment a virtual machine >>>> in VM) via the network (DHCP server and tftp server on the host). My >>>> system: SuSE 10.1 >>>> >>>> the tftp sever is setup and running and has the image pxegrub available. >>>> The DHCP server is setup, assigning static IP to the VM and has the >>>> option "option filename "pxegrub"" set. I exported the directory where >>>> the kernel, GRUB menu config file, ... are located as read write access >>>> for the machine VM machines. I checked, and host VM resolves to the IP. >>>> I also tried to supply this option to this machine, but this is where >>>> the problem comes in. >>>> In addition, an "option T150" is defined with the tag 150 as required by >>>> GRUB to pass the location of the configuration file for the manu >>>> (menu.lst). Whenever I try to boot the VM, the GRUB shell comes up and >>>> not the menu. My guess is, I need a special way to give the path to the >>>> GRUB menu config file. I tried >>>> >>>> option T150 "192.168.0.1://exportedfolder/path/to/menu.lst" >>>> and >>>> option T150 "/exportedfolder/path/to/menu.lst" >>>> >>>> but the VM only opens the GRUB shell. >>>> >>>> I am stuck. >>>> >>>> Do I have to compile GRUB with the network options enabled? >>>> Ini.Add( '#Possible integer values for InitialPlants:' ); Ini.Add( '# = 0 : No Plants; Positive integer: Number' ); Ini.Add( '# > 0 : No of individuals at random locations (may be less if overlap!)' ); Ini.Add( '# = -1 : One individual in the centre of the simulated area' ); Ini.Add( '# < -1 : One individual in centre of each cell, proportion of cells with plant: - InitialPlants / 1000' ); >>>> >>>> (with the struggle of loading the kernel, I will deal later!) >>>> >>>> Any help welcome, >>>> >>>> Rainer >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Grub-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Grub-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > -- Rainer M. Krug, Dipl. Phys. (Germany), MSc Conservation Biology (UCT) Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology University of Stellenbosch Matieland 7602 South Africa Tel: +27 - (0)72 808 2975 (w) Fax: +27 - (0)21 808 3304 Cell: +27 - (0)83 9479 042 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- End forwarded message ----- -- 4.3 BSD UNIX #1: Fri Jun 6 19:55:29 PDT 1986 Would you like to play a game? Lubomir Kundrak <http://skosi.org/~lkundrak/> NetBSD.sk <http://netbsd.sk/> Slovak Open Source Initiative <http://skosi.org/> _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
