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| wiki:netbooting [2013/09/10 10:57] – [The following sections assume that you have working servers] gerald_clark | wiki:netbooting [2014/08/14 05:30] (current) – [Putting it all together another way.] curaga | ||
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| These sections are descriptions of the boot options and arguments, along with examples of their use.\\ | These sections are descriptions of the boot options and arguments, along with examples of their use.\\ | ||
| - | This is NOT a cookie-cutter howto.\\ | + | This is **not** |
| There are many ways to setup a PXE boot system.\\ | There are many ways to setup a PXE boot system.\\ | ||
| We assume you know how yours works, and that you are able to pxeboot a core machine.\\ | We assume you know how yours works, and that you are able to pxeboot a core machine.\\ | ||
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| Ex: **nfsmount=openvz:/ | Ex: **nfsmount=openvz:/ | ||
| ===== Putting it all together ===== | ===== Putting it all together ===== | ||
| + | **Note:** If you are running Core 5.2 or newer, nfs-utils depends on rpcbind,tcz and libtirpc.tcz. | ||
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| The tftp server is sourced at / | The tftp server is sourced at / | ||
| We are going to setup workstation1. | We are going to setup workstation1. | ||
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| - Loads TCL. | - Loads TCL. | ||
| - TFTP gets **/ | - TFTP gets **/ | ||
| - | - TFTP gets each file listed in **nfs.list** and places it in /opt/tce. | + | - TFTP gets each file listed in **nfs.list** and places it in /tmp/tce, a temporary directory in RAM. |
| - | - Mounts all applications in /opt/tce. | + | - Mounts all applications in /tmp/tce. |
| - Mounts myserver:/ | - Mounts myserver:/ | ||
| Any additional extensions installed by Appbrowser will be saved on the nfs share, and will be loaded during boot, just as you would expect with a local drive. | Any additional extensions installed by Appbrowser will be saved on the nfs share, and will be loaded during boot, just as you would expect with a local drive. | ||
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| ===== Putting it all together another way. ===== | ===== Putting it all together another way. ===== | ||
| - | If you are using pxelinux version 3.71 or greater, you can load the nfs-utils with initrd instead of using tftplist. To do this you need to create another cpio archive that contains /opt/tce/nfs-utils.tgz. | + | If you are using pxelinux version 3.71 or greater, you can load the nfs-utils with initrd instead of using tftplist. To do this you need to create another cpio archive that contains /tmp/builtin/nfs-utils.tcz. |
| - | - mkdir -p /tmp/opt/tce/optional | + | - mkdir -p /tmp/tmp/builtin/optional |
| - | - cp nfs-utils.tcz /tmp/opt/tce/optional | + | - cp nfs-utils.tcz /tmp/tmp/builtin/optional |
| - | - echo " | + | - echo " |
| - cd /tmp | - cd /tmp | ||
| - | - find opt | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > / | + | - find tmp | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > / |
| - copy nfs-utils.cpio.gz to the directory containing tinycore.gz. | - copy nfs-utils.cpio.gz to the directory containing tinycore.gz. | ||
| The PXE boot entry now is: | The PXE boot entry now is: | ||
