-----Original Message-----
From: Cain, Brian (GE Healthcare) [mailto:Brian.Cain@ge.com]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:31 AM
To: Aaron Hanson
Subject: FW: [Fedora-livecd-list] Netboot
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-livecd-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-livecd-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Aaron
> Hanson
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:24 PM
> To: fedora-livecd-list(a)redhat.com
> Subject: [Fedora-livecd-list] Netboot
>
> Hi All -
>
> I though this would have been discussed by now but I
couldn't find
> any relevant threads in the archive. I would like to boot the entire
> livecd image via network. To my basic understanding, the
simplest way
> to do this might be:
...
Aaron,
I think you've got the right idea on this. I was
considering doing something similar -- I was thinking about
doing an install to an NFS root using some of the code in
livecd-creator. What I like about your idea is that once the
image has been copied over, you don't really need the network anymore.
Have you made any progress? Would you be willing to
keep me (and/or the list) in the loop on how this goes?
-Brian
Hi Brian -
Thanks for your suggestions and yes, I will continue to post
progress on this issue to the list. That is, unless someone feels it is
off-topic!
I found my first mistake. The ramfs is a simple compressed cpio;
I forgot to use the "-H newc" option to cpio, which is necessary in this
case because the image is very big.
Now I can net-boot and get to a bash shell. Unfortunately the
"init" script produced by mayflower is still confused by the absence of
any root device. I'm now trying to come up with a small patch to get
past this.
-Aaron