> >
> My server is set for dynamic updates. Since ipconfig sets up the
> interface, the usual dhcp client that manages such stuff doesn't come up.
>
> > Why would you care about the DNS name not being available when
> > the machine isn't up?
> >
> Mostly
s set for dynamic updates. Since ipconfig sets up the
interface, the usual dhcp client that manages such stuff doesn't come up.
>
> Why would you care about the DNS name not being available when
> the machine isn't up?
>
Mostly because the machine might be up, but running a diffe
Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have a buster system with no disk, started by PXE boot and using NFS root.
> It appears (details below) that dhcp setup is via ipconfig in one of the
> initrd scripts (configure_networking() in the "functions" script), with
> ipconfig coming from klibc. So fiddling with the
I have a buster system with no disk, started by PXE boot and using NFS root.
It appears (details below) that dhcp setup is via ipconfig in one of the
initrd scripts (configure_networking() in the "functions" script), with
ipconfig coming from klibc. So fiddling with the settings in dhclient.conf
o
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/linux.debian.user/lSluQKx8g3U/discussion
In case it helps: short version:
Probably works for Ubuntu not debian
Apologies for formatting etc : from phone
Kent West wrote:
> boot/ipxe/440/uefi/BOOT/BCD... No such file or
> directory
Interesting - I use simple tftp server and no issues since set up, but this
KACE is unknown to me, however using the string above I found many similar
issues
Here for example you have couple of ideas what could cause 2
Difficulty Level: I'm ignorant.
Goal: To build a diskless "kiosk" using an NFS-shared chroot on a remote
server, booting from a non-standard tftp(?) server?
I'm on a college campus. We have a DHCP server that is standard (I guess -
I'm not the networking guy, but I have
ebian.)
>
> On 07/19/2017 07:40 AM, Franz Angeli wrote:
>> i have one diskless server able to boot with ISCSI, uefi is configures
>> to reach iscsi target and volume correctly;
>>
>> i installed Debian 9 with debian installer ad all works fine, at the
>> end of i
Hi,
(I'm one of the maintainers of the open-iscsi package in Debian.)
On 07/19/2017 07:40 AM, Franz Angeli wrote:
> i have one diskless server able to boot with ISCSI, uefi is configures
> to reach iscsi target and volume correctly;
>
> i installed Debian 9 with debian insta
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 07:40:01AM +0200, Franz Angeli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have one diskless server able to boot with ISCSI, uefi is configures
> to reach iscsi target and volume correctly;
>
> i installed Debian 9 with debian installer ad all works fine, at the
> end of i
Hi,
i have one diskless server able to boot with ISCSI, uefi is configures
to reach iscsi target and volume correctly;
i installed Debian 9 with debian installer ad all works fine, at the
end of installation process i remount root filesystem with (chroot
/target) and edit initaramfs.conf with
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:28:00 -0800
Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:51 AM, Ross Boylan
> wrote:
>
> > The system is a bit sluggish; maybe ext4 on lvm wasn't the best
> > choice for it. Ross
>
> Make sure the USB stick you’re using is rated for USB3, even if the
> computer’s port i
On Dec 29, 2015, at 12:51 AM, Ross Boylan wrote:
> The system is a bit sluggish; maybe ext4 on lvm wasn't the best choice for it.
> Ross
Make sure the USB stick you’re using is rated for USB3, even if the computer’s
port is just USB2.
The older USB2 sticks tend to be much slower at doing sust
later, but basically
inserted USB stick in my main machine
overwrote start with zero's to wipe out traces of the boot for the
iso, which seemed to make grub-install unwilling to do anything.
chroot into the disk, edit grub's device map, and install.
Then I stuck the stick in the diskl
erted USB stick in my main machine
overwrote start with zero's to wipe out traces of the boot for the
iso, which seemed to make grub-install unwilling to do anything.
chroot into the disk, edit grub's device map, and install.
Then I stuck the stick in the diskless machine and booted; there
On 12/28/2015 04:08 PM, Ross Boylan wrote:
I have a diskless machine and figured it would be quicker to get it
running off a USB thumb drive than PXE boot. I'd appreciate any
suggestions or advice.
That's one of my favorite tricks. I typically boot and install from an
optical dis
I have a diskless machine and figured it would be quicker to get it
running off a USB thumb drive than PXE boot. I'd appreciate any
suggestions or advice.
I stuck Debian live on the thumb drive but discovered changes I made
in that environment were not persistent. Ran the installer on the
int, but the root file
> system is already inaccessible, so the system hangs.
I don't know what the right answer is but I can share what I have. On
my diskless workstation (which I configured myself, rarely use, and
might be sub-optimally configured) the valid_lft is "forever".
My /
Hello all,
I'm in the process of setting up a diskless workstation. Both the
workstation and the server are running Jessie and are up-to-date. The
problem that I have is that the ip address that the workstation gets at
boot has a finite "valid_lft" (as seen in `ip a`). When this li
Hi,
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:33:15PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I got things working and made some discoveries along the way. Maybe I
> should put this material on a wiki; any suggestions where?
Create account at wiki.debian.org and think about putting it there under
appropriate location. Y
n headless, connecting a keyboard and monitor/TV, though I
probably could have got by without that if I did everything right.
My original view that I could just point the diskless system at an ISO
image (exported over NFS) was mistaken because both the initrd and the
system need to be tweaked to wor
On Du, 11 nov 12, 18:49:43, Ross Boylan wrote:
>
> I've found instructions about netbooting the Debian installer, but the
> instructions seem to be for a system that is diskless but not headless.
> I haven't found anything indicating the installer can be run via ssh.
It ca
> That is, connect a null-modem serial cable between the box to be
> > installed and some other computer and use minicom (Linux) or Hyperterm
> > (Win).
> >
> > Or put the hard drive into another regular computer,
>
> The system is diskless. Also, I have no other
nd use minicom (Linux) or Hyperterm (Win).
>
> Or put the hard drive into another regular computer,
The system is diskless. Also, I have no other amd64 computers.
> install there, then move
> the drive back to the target box. And (1) enable a getty on /dev/ttyS0 and (2)
> add 'conso
Does your box have a serial port? Can it be configured to display the BIOS
screen on the serial port? Can Debian be installed using a serial port? That
is, connect a null-modem serial cable between the box to be installed and some
other computer and use minicom (Linux) or Hyperterm (Win).
Or put t
I could point the system at an ISO image and have
something working. Or switch to nfs early on and get everything from
there.
I've found instructions about netbooting the Debian installer, but the
instructions seem to be for a system that is diskless but not headless.
I haven't foun
> are there any advices for diskless notebooks that is compatible with
> Debian Lenny or Squeeze?
What means "diskless"? Do you mean "without a harddrive" or "without
removable media (like CD/DVD/floppy)"? Something else?
Stefan
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Paul Chany writes:
> are there any advices for diskless notebooks that is compatible with
> Debian Lenny or Squeeze?
I just find out that that there is a mailing list for Debian Laptops
so mybe it's better to ask help there..
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You can freely correct me in my En
Hi,
are there any advices for diskless notebooks that is compatible with
Debian Lenny or Squeeze?
Because of my injury these days I must to remain in my bad most of the
time until come healthy again so I think such a solution would be to
me perfect. :)
Any advices will be appreciated
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:53:55AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 23:07 +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > I've seen several suggestions for ways to make diskettes that will
> > > either boot from CD or network.
> >
> > http://rom-o-matic.net/ is a useful service here.
> I used th
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:07:00PM +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:47:02PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > Someone suggested I try smart boot manager on a floppy, to cause a boot
> > off CD-ROM. But I can't get that to work.
> >
> > I've seen several suggestions for ways to
On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 23:07 +0100, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > I've seen several suggestions for ways to make diskettes that will
> > either boot from CD or network.
>
> http://rom-o-matic.net/ is a useful service here.
I used that, though I suspect it's not quite working. I get to the
point where it
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:47:02PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 22:11 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
> > "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > > I have an old machine without a work
Written 8 years ago .. nothing much has likely changed in this area:
http://www.naos.co.nz/papers/diskless/index.html
Don't give up! I for one, would be curious of your progress.
HTH
CJ
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Ross Boylan wrote:
I switched to trying to get a 100Mhz Pentium with 64MB of RAM working.
Unfortunately, it can't boot from CD-ROM (maybe something broke--the CD
ROM is still readable, though). Nor does it directly support network
booting. Its disks are basically full; it'
On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 22:11 -0500, Celejar wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
> "Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > > I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> > > to connect to my main machine an
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:03:10 -0500
"Douglas A. Tutty" wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> > I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> > to connect to my main machine and run X.
> >
> > I believe that I could boot off of knoppix,
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:10:27AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> to connect to my main machine and run X.
>
> I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
> easier I could do with the stuff already on my
Hey Ross,
Haven't tried this however I believe the Network Boot Howto is what you're
looking for
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Network-boot-HOWTO.html
Good luck :)
Bye for now
On Tuesday 23 Dec 2008, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like
On 12/22/08 13:10, Ross Boylan wrote:
I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
to connect to my main machine and run X.
I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
setting up
2008/12/22 Ross Boylan :
> I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
> to connect to my main machine and run X.
>
> I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
> easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
> setting up an im
I have an old machine without a working hard disk that I'd like to use
to connect to my main machine and run X.
I believe that I could boot off of knoppix, but is there something
easier I could do with the stuff already on my main machine--maybe
setting up an image and transmitting over the netwo
I managed to make almost booting system with help of document
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto. The boot process
ends suddenly to error. See http://pastebin.com/m4929bba1. What can I do?
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> I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a
DHCP
> router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware
that I
> would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS.
[SNIP]
> The other method is, of course, LTSP. I have found outlines of how to
s
On 25/07/07, Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't actually have Linux installed on my system at the moment, and am
wavering between installing Debian 4.0 and Edubuntu, which has LTSP
capabilities built in:
Edubuntu is still not fully rolled out with LTSP kinks removed. Go
with Ubuntu
Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 24/07/07, Robert Kopp wrote:
> I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP
> router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I
> would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS.
[SNIP]
On 24/07/07, Robert Kopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP
router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I
would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS.
[SNIP]
The other method is, of
I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP
router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I
would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS.
PXES is a live client CD, for those hoping to accomplish the job with
relatively li
I would like to try this technology. I have DSL delivered through a DHCP
router, a computer capable enough to be a server, and other hardware that I
would like to become clients. I expect to use Lenny as the OS.
PXES is a live client CD, for those hoping to accomplish the job with
relatively li
Sorry for my late reply. I have been busy with other things so
continued my diskless install a couple of weeks after your answer.
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think what you want to do now is something like this:
> mount -t proc none /tftpbo
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:01:16PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote:
> I want to install Debian testing on a diskless machine (i.e. no
> floppy, no CDROM, no hard disk) using DHCP/TFTP and NFS. Besides
> being diskless, the machine is a standard Pentium PC with a NIC which
> has an etherb
Urs Thuermann wrote:
> A second way would be not to run the installation on the client, but
> prepare the directory to be exported to the client directly on the
> server. I think this is what debootsrap is for, but I haven't found
> any good documentation how to use it. The Debian Installation Gu
I want to install Debian testing on a diskless machine (i.e. no
floppy, no CDROM, no hard disk) using DHCP/TFTP and NFS. Besides
being diskless, the machine is a standard Pentium PC with a NIC which
has an etherboot EPROM to boot via DHCP/TFTP.
As described in the Debian Installation Guide
On Thursday 21 September 2006 19:26, Frank Hart wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:13:08AM +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
> > Alternatively you can use some of the small comms boards that are around
> > these days. There are the WRAP boards from pcengines.ch and the
> > Routerboard boards from Mi
ope to run
openwrt in them.
If you don't fear burning your WAP, it seems you can add a
SD card to it:
http://support.warwick.net/~ryan/wrt54g-v4/v4_sd_done.html
Has anyone tried?
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On the other hand, I've run Diskless Debian in a cluster.
I configured syslog not to save the logs i
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:13:08AM +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
> Alternatively you can use some of the small comms boards that are around
> these days. There are the WRAP boards from pcengines.ch and the Routerboard
> boards from Microtik. The WRAP boards need CF, but the new RBs (the 500 and
Casey Tucker wrote:
Rick Reynolds wrote:
I'm doing nearly the same thing: WRT54GS router, but I'm running
the DD-WRT distro on it. It has the ability to do what you're
talking about, namely mount an NFS partition at boot time and then
read firewalling rules from a file on the NFS
I'm still considering what the best option is to build a diskless Debian
system that can replace my current Linksys firewall [1]. I've tried
booting from PXE and using NFS for the rest of the system. While this
approach works, I don't like the idea that if the NFS server goes dow
Frank Hart wrote:
A couple of months ago, I switched from a normal PC router to a Linksys
WRT54G with OpenWRT. It's a good image but the problem is space. There
is barely room for an OpenVPN server and shorewall. Also, I'm somewhat
worried about timely updates. One of the big pro's is that the de
On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 10:13:08AM +0100, David Goodenough wrote:
> The problem with network booting is that you are then not only reliant on
> the disk on your server, but all of the rest of the server and network
> infrastructure.
True, but the risk can be reduced with a ramdisk and regular back
; worried about timely updates. One of the big pro's is that the device is
> quiet and doesn't suffer from harddisk failures.
>
> So what I would like to build is a diskless Debian router that boots
> from the network. I don't know yet if it's better to build a large
>
ce is
quiet and doesn't suffer from harddisk failures.
So what I would like to build is a diskless Debian router that boots
from the network. I don't know yet if it's better to build a large
initrd image that contains the whole system as a ramdisk or that I
should add a NFS share on an
Hi everybody,
^
I am trying to build a Debian cluster consisting of 5 computers for some
scientific calculations. I'd like to have identical filesystems on each
machine as much as possible. My first idea is to use lessdisks package,
store all the filesystems on the server node of the cl
I have a network setup with a few debian diskless clients. It also
has few windows clients, which constantly get messed up. These
computes do not have much memory so require a swap partition.
I would like to have them boot disklessly (in order that that I can
manage them centrally, and this also
ccessful in connecting using tcp from another (non-diskless) client.
>
> Ben
>
> On 31/10/05, Daniel Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ben Sagal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a few diskless clients setup, using a read-only nfs root,
other (non-diskless) client.
Ben
On 31/10/05, Daniel Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ben Sagal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >
> > I have a few diskless clients setup, using a read-only nfs root, and
> > with a tmpfs mounted for /var, /home and /tmp. The system regula
Ben Sagal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> I have a few diskless clients setup, using a read-only nfs root, and
> with a tmpfs mounted for /var, /home and /tmp. The system regularly
> prints the following messages:
>nfs: server 192.168.1.1 not responding, still trying
&
I have a few diskless clients setup, using a read-only nfs root, and
with a tmpfs mounted for /var, /home and /tmp. The system regularly
prints the following messages:
nfs: server 192.168.1.1 not responding, still trying
nfs: server 192.168.1.1 OK
the output from mount on the client is
are not mounted as expected (as described below).
Any idea why this is ? Is this a 'diskless' bug ?
Fred
Frederic Dernbach a écrit :
Hello,
I've installed a diskless client using the 'diskless' package of
Debian sarge (stable).
I successfully managed to start my
Hello,
I've installed a diskless client using the 'diskless' package of Debian
sarge (stable).
I successfully managed to start my diskless client (through PXE and
recompiled kernel with appropriate options).The root file system is
mounted as expected by the client though NF
Fredrik Jonson wrote:
Hello,
I'm considering turning my desktop, a mini-itx via epia-v, into a
diskless client. Debian seems to provide a diskless package, but
that package unfortunately also seems to be more or less abandoned.
What I wonder is, should I still try go the diskless packag
Hello,
I'm considering turning my desktop, a mini-itx via epia-v, into a
diskless client. Debian seems to provide a diskless package, but
that package unfortunately also seems to be more or less abandoned.
What I wonder is, should I still try go the diskless package way,
as re
Salman Haq wrote:
I've gotten so far as actually getting a client to boot by using
PXELinux.
Since the client is actually diskless, the boot process stops when the
kernel tries to mount a filesystem - that results in a kernel panic as
expected.
I'm considering using a RAM disk image
I've gotten so far as actually getting a client to boot by using
PXELinux.
Since the client is actually diskless, the boot process stops when the
kernel tries to mount a filesystem - that results in a kernel panic as
expected.
I'm considering using a RAM disk image or NFS to remo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I am trying to build a network of Debian PCs which must be diskless.
The idea is that every once in a while the clients can be booted (may
be remotely?) to download an upgraded kernel. Previously, we have used
removable hard drives - very time consuming.
From
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 10:48, Salman Haq wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to build a network of Debian PCs which must be diskless.
> The idea is that every once in a while the clients can be booted (may
> be remotely?) to download an upgraded kernel. Previously, we have used
&
Hi All,
I am trying to build a network of Debian PCs which must be diskless.
The idea is that every once in a while the clients can be booted (may
be remotely?) to download an upgraded kernel. Previously, we have used
removable hard drives - very time consuming.
From browsing around, I've
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> Hello
> not being able to open a new pseudo tty device. I know this problem is
> related to udev, but I can't figure out how to overcome it... Any ideas?
I assume the kernel you're running was compiled with pty support?
Hint: "grep -i pty /boot/config-$(uname -
Hello
I am configuring a network with 8 diskless hosts, using the debian
diskless package and Linux 2.6.5.
It worked allright when I tried with Linux 2.4.23, but now with 2.6.5
I'm having this strange problem. I can't start xterm. It complains about
not being able to open a
On Saturday 29 November 2003 14:17, Pernilla Uhlin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have created two diskless client with debians diskless package (I've
> followed every step and created diskless-createbasetgz and
> diskless-newimage as well). The clients boot perfectly, every seems to
>
Hi,
I have created two diskless client with debians diskless package (I've
followed every step and created diskless-createbasetgz and
diskless-newimage as well). The clients boot perfectly, every seems to
be ok. The only thing that doesn't seem to work is installing new
packages wi
Hello,
I have this problem with booting over network:
client PC:
NIC: OvisLink 8139ATX
EtherBoot 5.0.4
server: 2.4.19
tftp server: atftp
dhcpdhcp3
nfs
When booting from NIC this happended:
loaded EtherBoot 5.0.4 ...
got
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:52:16PM -0500, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 03:30:32AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
...
> > I never could really find the info whether that 15Watt power supply is
> > part of the bricks or not and whether it needs any fan itself.
> > Could you enlight
The power supply is external, the size of a large eraser,
in the middle of a cord like
||
house-connection--|power-supply|diskless-workstation
||
where "--" represents a foot (30cm) of cord.
The po
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 09:55:06PM -0500, Jameson C. Burt wrote:
> I re-emphasize the www.ltsp.org approach.
...
> I bought a diskless workstation 3 weeks ago from a link on ltsp.org,
> a workstation the size of your outstretched hand yet having
> audio, USB, parallel, serial, and et
I re-emphasize the www.ltsp.org approach.
In the mid-1990's, I worked with diskless Suns
and also tried making several Debian Linux computers diskless.
After several weeks identifying files I wanted to keep,
sometimes different for each computer,
I abandoned that too-time-consuming approa
Check www.ltsp.org . This might help you.
Tobias
Am Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2003 17:17 schrieb Rodrigo F. Baroni:
> m needing to set a diskless pc, and I have been
> studing the initrd procedure.
> The idea is to have the read-only directories
> mounted on nfs, and others one read-wr
Hello all,
I'm needing to set a diskless pc, and I have been
studing the initrd procedure.
The idea is to have the read-only directories
mounted on nfs, and others one read-write in
ram-disks.
Does anybody have done this before, or have some
suggestions ? Would be very we
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 17:00, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 05:35:09PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
> 1. Boot via bootrom on nic (etherboot, dhcp, tftp and nfs). Mount your local
> harddisk, partition it and install to it. (You will of course need
> another computer in the
#x27;s why I'd like to execute a diskless installation. The installation
> guide seems to treat this type of installation as an afterthought, but I'm
> also having trouble finding a more thorough guide to a diskless installation.
Google is your friend!!!
http://www.google.com/se
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 05:35:09PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for the response:
>
> Indeed, there's no internal floppy either ... this is their ultra-light
> Pentium laptop. The only type of floppy drive available to this machine is
> external, and it wasn't available to me
>
> That's why I'd like to execute a diskless installation. The installation
> guide seems to treat this type of installation as an afterthought, but I'm
> also having trouble finding a more thorough guide to a diskless installation.
1. Will you install to the partition
I have an IBM Thinkpad 560 with no external floppy drive or (any) CD-ROM.
It's running Win '95 with no other partitions and the only way to get data in
or out of the laptop is with an Ethernet PC Card.
That's why I'd like to execute a diskless installation. The installation
On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 09:46:59PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> If you use etherboot to boot, you also have to compile in "IP: kernel
> level autoconfiguration".
To clarify, any solution which involves giving IP, hostname, and
network information as boot arguments to the kernel (in contrast to
hav
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:05:54PM -0500, dman wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 12:07:26AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> | On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:08:16AM -0300, Marcelo Leal wrote:
> | > i have one FreeBSD box running diskless fine.
> | > now, i wanna one linux box, and..
er /etc/exports exports /tftpboot to the client IP with
| no_root_squash, right?
Yes.
/tftpboot/kiosk0192.168.1.2(rw,no_root_squash)
| I'll send you my entire kernel config file later tonight, so you can check
| for any differences in deail.
Ok, thanks. Can you send me the boot loader
> Root-NFS: Server returned error -101 while mounting /tftpboot/kiosk0
Hmm. Use ethereal to watch the RPC calls going back and forth; it often
gives more detailed info on the meaning of error codes.
Have you tried booting off /tftpboot/192.168.1.2 (or whatever your client
IP is) instead of /tftp
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 12:08:21PM -0700, David Wright wrote:
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| I have a 6-machine computational cluster running diskless under Debian.
| We are using a custom-compiled kernel 2.4.17. To get this to work, you
| MUST compile your own kernel. The stock Debian kernels don't fufil
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