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On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 08:54, Scott Ryan wrote: |
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> Hello all, I am trying to setup a pxe boot server for gentoo. |
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> Gentoo Manages to boot from the network, but I run into problems after it |
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> installs the initial modules. It complains about the root device. I append |
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> the arg root=/dev/ram0 to the kernel, but it borks. |
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> Has anyone managed to successfully setup a gentoo pxe server, as there doesnt |
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> appear to be a lot of info on the web about it. |
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I've done it, but I used an NFS root, and did not use any ramdisks. I |
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used pxelinux, which is part of sys-boot/syslinux. Your DHCP settings |
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(assuming you use the ISC DHCP) should look something like this: |
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next-server tftp.cluster.pri; |
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option root-path |
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"172.18.0.2:/vol/ops/cluster/clients/%s,v3,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768"; |
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filename "pxelinux.0"; |
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And the pxelinux config looks like this: |
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DEFAULT bzImage root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp |
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Andy Dustman <adustman@×××××××××.edu> |
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Office of Information Technology, Terry College of Business, UGA |
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Computer interfaces should never be made of meat. |
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