On 01/31/2012 01:08 PM, walter harms wrote: > > > 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 >> > > Maybe you want coreboot (coreboot.org) ? > > re, > wh
unfortunately this is out of the question. Eial. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
