Revision: 5370 Author: pebender Date: Fri Aug 28 09:26:06 2009 Log: - Documented the need to use a very specific MiniMyth distribution directory name when gPXE booting.
http://code.google.com/p/minimyth/source/detail?r=5370 Modified: /trunk/gar-minimyth/html/minimyth/document-boot.html ======================================= --- /trunk/gar-minimyth/html/minimyth/document-boot.html Sun Apr 26 10:33:47 2009 +++ /trunk/gar-minimyth/html/minimyth/document-boot.html Fri Aug 28 09:26:06 2009 @@ -506,6 +506,21 @@ <a href="document-configure.html">MiniMyth configuration instructions</a>. If you already have a MiniMyth read-only configuration directory be sure that it is up-to-date for the version of MiniMyth you plan to run. </p> + <p> + In order to locate MiniMyth distribution files + such as the theme file system images and the extras file system image, + MiniMyth needs to know the location of the MiniMyth distribution used to boot MiniMyth. + Normally, MiniMyth uses the 'initrd' boot line parameter + to determine the location of the MiniMyth distribution used to boot MiniMyth. + When the 'initrd' kernel boot line parameter is not present, + MiniMyth assumes that the MiniMyth distribution used to boot MiniMyth is located in + '{<a href="document-minimyth_conf.html#MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL">MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL</a>}/minimyth-{version}/'. + Since, gPXE does not use the 'initrd' boot line parameter, + MiniMyth will assume that the MiniMyth distribution used to boot MiniMyth is located in + '{<a href="document-minimyth_conf.html#MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL">MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL</a>}/minimyth-{version}/'. + Therefore, when booting using gPXE, it is important that your root file system be located at + '{<a href="document-minimyth_conf.html#MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL">MM_MINIMYTH_BOOT_URL</a>}/minimyth-{version}/'. + </p> </div> <div id="network-gpxe-nfs" class="section"> <div class="heading">Network Boot using gPXE with an NFS Root File System</div> @@ -864,7 +879,7 @@ alt="Valid CSS!" height="31" width="88" /></a> </div> <div class="version"> - Last Updated on 2009-04-26 + Last Updated on 2009-08-28 <br /> < mailto : webmaster at minimyth dot org > </div> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "minimyth-commits" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minimyth-commits?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
