Hello, first of all, is it possible to use `$VARIABLE's ? Or is this only the notation you use here ?
It is not necessary to build a new image includining initrd. Simple use NFS-ROOT. If you use a DHCP/BOOTP server, you must compile in the auto IP config into the kernel and use `ip=bootp' as kernel parameter or you do the configuration statically using `ip=......', `nfsroot=.....'. For more details see the diskless HOWTOs and the NFSROOT HOWTOs. The `ip=' has many options ..... I hope I could help you ... Bye Christoph Ivan Passos wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm playing with GRUB (v0.91)and its network boot, and it works > beautifully. However, as of now, I was only able to make it work with two > separate files (kernel and initrd). I'd like to get it to work with one > single file (that contains kernel + initrd), but I don't know how to > create this file. Can someone please help me?!?! > > More details ... > > With GRUB (the version I use is 0.91), you may boot via network by adding > something like this to your menu.lst: > > Title Network Boot > ifconfig --address=$LOCAL_ADDR --server=$TFTP_SRV_ADDR > root (nd) > kernel $KERNEL_IMG root=/dev/ram0 > initrd $INITRD_IMG > > This works like a charm. As a next step, I'd like to have one single file > that contains both the kernel image and the initrd image, just because > distributing one file is easier than two ... :) > > In this case, I'm looking for the following menu.lst entry: > > Title Network Boot > ifconfig --address=$LOCAL_ADDR --server=$TFTP_SRV_ADDR > root (nd) > kernel $NEW_KERNEL_IMG root=/dev/ram0 > > , where $NEW_KERNEL_IMG contains both $KERNEL_IMG and $INITRD_IMG. > > I _believe_ this is possible because when you boot from a floppy, both the > kernel and the initrd are in the floppy, so I guess that the generation of > the file I want is similar to the way the boot floppies are generated. I'm > not sure about that though ... > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance!! > > Later, > Ivan > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub -- +--------V--------+ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | A L C A T E L | ----------------------------- +-----------------+ Phone: +43 1 27722 3706 T A S Fax: +43 1 27722 3955 _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub