Don't give up. :-) It took me a long time too to understand iscsi but it is great once you have a working setup.
br, Quinn On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Ruzsinszky Attila < ruzsinszky.att...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It is real eays to boot Linux from iSCSI. Ubuntu is able to recognize > that > > you want to install it on a iSCSI-volume at the installation-process and > > will adapt the boot-parameter to boot from. > OK. > > My goal is a working boot server with many different OSes, like > - some Linux distros > - some rescueCD-s (systemrescuecd, etc.) > - DOSes (M$ and Free) > - Win (XP, W7) > - maybe OS/2, FreeBSD. > > > I recommend at least to use Ubuntu 11.04, but 11.10 should also be no > > problem. > I like Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS. I hate Unity because I don't know how can I use > it. > > I'd like to know whether I can setup FreeDOS boot system using only Linux > utilities (dd, fdisk, mkfs.msdos, makebootfat, etc.) I hope it is possible. > If my image is correct checking with fdisk, no boot at all (from qemu). > If I use makebootfat, fdisk complains but qemu is able to boot from it. If > qemu is able to boot directly from my image not booting from the iSCSI. > What is the difference? I don't understand. I'm confused. > > For boot server, almost everything is ready: DHCP+TFTP+WEB+Samba+ > iSCSI server. What is missing a bootable image what I can put on iSCSI > server. > > Mybe I don't understand many things, like exact booting from PXE, CD, > HDD, floppy. It is very complex for me. I know just very few things about > them. > > TIA, > Ruzsi > _______________________________________________ > gPXE mailing list > gPXE@etherboot.org > http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe > -- Best regards/Med venlig hilsen, Quinn Plattel
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