Re: !!!checksum problem of network boot image for linux!!!

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:59 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I try to build a diskless client based on Open SuSE 10.3 with kernel
> 2.6.31 for
> CPCI-boards. The kernel is prepared and works fine on one CPCI-board with
> harddisk. So I used the following mkelf-linux command to build the
> network boot
> image for linux with format ELF:
>
> "mkelf-linux --output=vmlinuz.etherboot.pilas5 --rootmode=rw --ip=dhcp
> vmlinuz-2.6.31"

If I'm correct, mkelf-linux is part of the mknbi tools? As far as I
know mknbi doesn't work for kernels newer than 2.6.21, or so. This
probably applies for mkelf-linux too. Use wraplinux for newer kernels.
Your etherboot version also looks very old. Etherboot isn't actively
supported anymore, so if you can use gPXE with your board, please do
it. gPXE is able to load linux kernels directly, so there's no need
for mkelf-linux or wraplinux.

Thomas

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