Am 31.01.2012 12:04, schrieb tovis: >> 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. > > Regards > tovis >
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