Hi Punky, PXE boot has no problem, if TFTP server provides kernel from tarball or live-cd and initrd.img from live-cd. If PXE server is a booted live-cd, it's fine.
GRUB with netboot, with tarball installed kernel & initrd.img doesn't work. I could use the initrd.img from live-cd, but that brings other problems. So I keep two initrd.img files. Or install live-initramfs and live-boot-initramfs-tools and update initrd.img. This last option would resolve the problem, so why not supply these in the tarball image? Here my (0.7.5) grub menu.lst lines. I can perform netboot without console access, when I make this entry default. Then, I can refresh CF image, resize partitions, etc. title Voyage-linux NFS netboot with kernel and initrd.img from cf1 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-voyage boot=live netboot=nfs nfsroot=10.1.1.1:/home/voyage-0.7.5 live-getty noautologin console=ttyS0,9600n8 initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-voyage-live Thanks, Teco Op 17 sep 2011, om 11:09 heeft Punky Tse het volgende geschreven: > Hi Teco, > > I am not sure I understand correctly since the live-cd initrd.img has not > problem for PXE boot so far (If you know the Live CD can work as PXE boot > server). Do you mean the initrd.img in tarball distribution cannot work as > netboot? > > Regards, > Punky > > On 17/9/2011 17:03, Teco Boot wrote: >> I have a error recovery grub entry, with netboot. Grub starts local >> kernel with local initrd.img. Kernel is fine (same as live kernel), >> but the initrd.img in voyage distribution is incomplete for usage >> with netboot. As bypass, I preload the live initrd.img from live >> (a renamed version). >> >> It would be nice we have a complete initrd.img on Voyage distribution, >> that supports netboot. >> >> Thanks, Teco >> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > Kim-man "Punky" Tse > > * Open Source Embedded Solutions and Systems > - Voyage Linux (http://linux.voyage.hk) > - Voyage ONE (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-one) > - Voyage MPD (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-mpd) > * Voyage Store (http://store.voyage.hk) > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
