[gentoo-user] PXE boot to linux

[K. Mike Bradley]

I am a little green with Linux but here is a poser for the list .

 

 

 

I am trying to set up a PXE boot to Linux for diskless workstations.

 

I have PXELinux up and running no problem.

 

What I need help on is how to make a kernel and initramfs to plug into PXE
Linux.

 

I know how to use genkernel but what I am after here is not just how to do
it but what to put in the RAMdisk.

 

In other words I need to build a test machine with minimal file structure so
that I don't have to mount the whole root from an NFS share.

 

I only want to mount the portions with user persistent data.

 

Any Ideas?

 

Thanks.