> On 01/31/2012 11:41 AM, tovis wrote: > >>> On 01/31/2012 10:52 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Hallo Eial Czerwacki! >>>> >>>>> I have a computer that boots busybox, it needs to connect to a >>>>> tftpboot >>>>> server and get the >>>>> boot file. >>>> >>>> Just a note for clarification: You DO NOT BOOT a Busybox system, you >>>> boot a Linux system. That Linux system uses Busybox for it's base set >>>> of commands, which is less than the size of the original >>>> tools/commands >>>> but behave mostly same in it's major operation. As this you do not >>>> need >>>> a special Busybox PXE boot description. Just follow the usual Linux >>>> PXE >>>> boot tutorials out there (there are some in the wild). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Harald >>>> >>> >>> >>> Hello Harald, >>> >>> I know, I didn't don't said I'm not booting a busybox, at least I >>> didn't >>> meant it. >>> >>> I boot a linux system, using busybox, I wanted to know if I can use >>> busybox to connect to to the tftpboot server and get the boot bin file. >>> >>> Eial. >>> >> Hi Eial! >> Just make it clear. You have a PXE server, based on any DHCP/TFTP >> appliactions. You have a client which have Linux using busybox (instead >> of >> full bunch of small applets), and you suppose to use this as a client >> for >> your PXE server? >> >> Regards >> tovis > > > Hello Tovis, > > that is correct. > > Eial. > > busybox of course has tftp client and server, but anyway it needs kernel, what mean you can not use it for boot up on client (if you have kernel on client it meaning less to boot it from some where). For this purposes you need PXE/LAN boot sw in BIOS, appropriate for your system/architecture. With booted, working kernel you can use busybox as tftp client.
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