On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 06:18:15PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote: | OK, so I got a copy of debian-installer CVS and tried to create the | netboot initrd. After installing some needed packages I was struck by | libdiscover1 being installed (1.5-1.4.2) but not installable :-) Is it | libdiscover1-udeb that is needed?
Nope, you need to patch build/get-packages as described by Geert Stappers: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2003/debian-boot-200312/msg00507.html | In section 2.4 Booting from Network it says: | | "It's also possible to boot debian-installer completely from the net. The | various methods to netboot depend on your architecture and netboot setup. | They are not explaind here." | | I assume that info will be included in the final docs. One would hope so :-) | A few old NICs (e.g. DEC Etherworks III) | are supported by netboot (here "netboot" refers to the "netboot" | package, e.g. netboot_0.8.1-9_i386.deb) but not etherboot, but I don't | see the need for netboot support. According to man mknbi, the same image will work with both netboot and etherboot. | The last part of section 2.4 Booting from Network says: | | 'The "netboot-initrd.gz" is needed to netboot debian-installer. It contains | only essential d-i modules to get the network up and running, everything | else (d-i components and base packages) will be retrieved from network. | If you don't have a netboot setup, you can also make a bootable CD with | this image and have a minimal netinst CD.' | | Now, for pxe clients, netboot-initrd.gz works out of the box, This sounds wrong to me. I've never used PXE, but I was under the impression that PXE needs its own bootloader, distinct from mknbi, to tag the image. man mknbi mentions PXELINUX in that context... Cameron. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
