reassign 705748 debian-live thanks Patrick Masotta <[email protected]> writes:
> Package: n/a > Version: n/a > > When installing i.e. > debian-live-6.0.6-i386-gnome-desktop.iso > debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso > etc... > > /live/initrd.img does not include CIFS support > CIFS is very handy when PXE booting Debian live from Windows OSs as Serva > does it here. > http://vercot.com/~serva/an/NonWindowsPXE3.html > > Serva solves the problem by loading a complementary initrd > containing/installing: > > des_generic.ko > md4.ko > cifs.ko > mount.cif > > these files are all originally taken from the corresponding > filesystem.squashfs > > Serva also patches /script/live adding support for the command line variable > "ipby",i.e. ipby=dhcp, ipby=bootp, solving some problems with some DHCP > servers > > I hope you guys can add CIFS support on future Debian install systems then > Windows users will not need complementary initrd files when PXE booting > Debian. > > Please let me know if I wasn't clear enough on my description. > > Best, > Patrick -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
