pxeinstall updated

KP Kirchdoerfer <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:51:35 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.leaf.announce
Organization none
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Eric Spakman has updated pxeinstall tgz.

=46rom the changelog:
=2D upgrade to kernel 2.4.32
=2D various programs updated=20
=2D cleanups and bugfixes=20
=2D new: support for pcengines WRAP


pxeinstall.tgz prupgrade to kernel 2.4.32,=20
various programs updated,=20
some cleanups and bugfixes=20
plus support for pcengines WRAPovides a tool to make use of PXE to boot=20
systems like Soekris net4501, LexSystem or WRAP so that you can format an I=
DE=20
HD or a CF card, put an msdos file system and syslinux on the IDE/HD or CF=
=20
card and finally copy all files necessary for a Bering(-uClibc) system on t=
he=20
storage device.

You can download pxeinstall.tgz from our package repository
http://leaf.sourceforge.net/packages/nolibc/pxeinstall.tgz


With the functionality of pxeinstall.tgz you can:
=2D boot the system via the network,
=2D put a number of different file systems on the HD/CF card (minix, ext2, =
swap,=20
msdos),
=2D make the HD/CF card bootable (syslinux)
 -download files onto the card/HD via http or ftp (wget) or
download files onto the card/HD via Windows networking (smbmount and cp)

Note: The PXE boot functionality can only be used to get a system up and=20
running, it is not intended to be used for regular use. For example, you=20
cannot backup any files because the backup function does not exist.
It can be used to install any LEAF distribution onto your HD/CF.
It requires a special Linux kernel config and the supported NIC's compiled=
=20
into kernel - NIC modules won't work. The currently supported NIC's are:

3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) Vortex/Boomerang
AT1700/1720
AMD PCnet32 PCI
DECchip Tulip (dc21x4x) PCI
EtherExpressPro/100
National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet
PCI NE2000 and clones
RealTek RTL-8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
SMC EtherPower II
VIA Rhine
Winbond W89c840 EthernetI

=46or more doc's pls read Using Bering-uClibc with an IDE harddisk or CD-RO=
M=20
drive=20
(http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/guide/user-bering-uclibc/bucu-ide.html).


thanks for your interest=20
kp


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