Greetings, On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Juergen Fiedler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is the first entry in my life.cfg: >> label live >> menu label Live >> kernel debian-live/i386/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-486 >> append initrd=debian-live/i386/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-486 boot=live >> union=aufs netboot=cifs nfsroot=//192.168.1.1/bootimage/
That looks ok. It has been several years since I used the cifs, and I know you are running a windows server, but with samba as the server I used these parameters: map to guest = Bad Password guest account = root [cifs-testing] comment = debian-live server path = /path/to/live read only = yes guest ok = yes locking = no Do the logs on the windows server show any attempts to connect? > > > Thanks, > ~Juergen > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Richard Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> Could you post your tftpboot boot information? I think the file is >> tftpboot/debian-live/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg >> >> But it would be helpful to see the append line. >> >> Thanks. >> >> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Juergen Fiedler >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to build a Lenny net image on a Lenny machine with >>> live-helper 1.0.4+20090420.1002 from live.debian.net. >>> The build was configured with: >>> >>>> lh_config --net-root-filesystem "cifs" \ >>>> --net-root-server "192.168.1.1" \ >>>> --net-root-path "/bootimage/" \ >>>> --binary-images "net" >>> >>> The image boots OK, but when it comes to mounting the root, I see the >>> following: >>> >>>> Begin: Trying netboot from //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ /live/image ... Begin: >>>> Trying nfsmount - >>>> 0 nolock -o ro //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ /live/image/ ... nfsmount: need a >>>> server >>> >>> The last message ('nfsmount: need a server') repeats until I do a >>> ctrl-alt-del. >>> So, basically, it would appear that init is skipping the CIFS mount >>> and proceeding directly to NFS. >>> >>> It looks like there is no /sbin/mount.cifs in the initrd, which may be >>> the reason why the CIFS mount isn't working. >>> Did I leave out an important switch to keep that from being included, >>> or do I need a special hook or some such thing? >>> I'm sure I am missing something rather obvious, but I've been trying >>> for hours and not getting anywhere. >>> >>> Speaking of obvious: Yes, I can browse //192.168.1.1/bootimage/ with >>> smbclient. Right now, it is pinting to the live/ folder withing >>> binary/. >>> I have also tried sharing binary/ itself as //192.168.1.1/bootimage/, >>> but it didn't seem to make a difference. >>> >>> Can anybody help? >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> ~Juergen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
