Re: PXES on Debian

Craig Falconer wrote:

> That problem means that the client cannot find a /sbin/init and all linux
> distros do something similar.
> 
> How did you modify the initrd file?  Did you gunzip it and mount it?  I had
> a problem similar caused by putting the kernel and initrd file to my remote
> tftp server and failing to use bin mode.

I used the pxesconfig utility.

> 
> In pxesconfig are you sure you've used the right processor options?  
> 
> As for memory, 128 Mb is ample... My clients use 32 Mb, and I used to have
> some with 24 that worked fine too.
> 
> In order to get pxesconfig running I had to install some extra debian
> packages... Diego gave me this reference to find them:

I used the packages from: http://linux.upsa.es/~ghe/
> 
> 
>>To install PXES on Debian you can follow the steps showed in 
>>http://ltsp-es.hispalinux.es/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=10 (in 
>>Spanish !!) but search for apt-get inside the document.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gil Freund
> Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 10:06 a.m.
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [pxes-devel] PXES on Debian
> 
> I installed the PXES and PXESconfig on debian and can boot the pre-made 
> images with no problem on a few test system.
> I tried to modify the initrd using pxesconfig, and the system halt with 
> "no init found" error, and the CAPS and Scroll Lock lights blinking.
> 
> Reading the list it seems that this error is related to memory so I 
> assigned  more memory to the RAM disk, but still to the same effect.
> 
> I tried several configurations with as much ram disk space I could spare 
> (the test terminal has 128MB of ram) with the same effect.
> 
> Could this be a configuration issue in pxesconfig? I see no error 
> messages and the initrd file seems to be in order.
> 
> The server is Debian Sarge, kernel 2.4.25.
> 
> 
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