On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Jason Dravet wrote: > Thank you for information. Unfortunately I am unable to do this. I am > unable to make any changes to the DHCP infrastructure; this includes adding > a DHCP server even if it is not listen on the standard port. I have > modified the config file from ltsp_initrd_kit to include what I think is the > absolute minimum for a ltsp client kernel. I will add only the options that > are set to the end of this message. If an option is not listed below it was > commented out in the .config file I used and deleted for this posting. I > compiled the new kernel and it boots, but it does a kernel panic VFS unable > to mount root fs on 01:00 > > The new kernel is about 950K. I am trying to figure what I need to do to > get the kernel to boot without an initrd. I am using the 2.4.25 kernel. Do > I need to apply the forcedeth, nfs-swap, and supermount patches in the > ltsp_initrd_kit?
None of those patches are required. the forcedeth is for a certain gigabit NIC, I forget which one. the nfs-swap is to allow you do do swapping over nfs. If you have limited ram in the workstation, you might want this patch. The supermount is for some stuff we are doing for local device usage. You don't need it. If you don't want to use an initrd, you will need to make sure you set the options for doing NFS-Root, and also you might need ip-autoconfig. But, why NOT use an initrd ? It doesn't need to take up much space. You could start with the ltsp_wireless package, and eliminate the things you don't need, like pcmcia, and the dhclient. That alone will probably make it small enough to fit on a floppy disk. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jason > > # > # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit > # > CONFIG_X86=y > CONFIG_UID16=y > > # > # Code maturity level options > # > CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y > > # > # Loadable module support > # > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_KMOD=y > > # > # Processor type and features > CONFIG_MPENTIUM4=y > CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y > CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y > CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y > CONFIG_X86_XADD=y > CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y > CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y > CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y > CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=7 > CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y > CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y > CONFIG_X86_PGE=y > CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y > CONFIG_X86_F00F_WORKS_OK=y > > # > # General setup > # > CONFIG_NET=y > CONFIG_PCI=y > CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y > CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y > CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y > CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y > CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y > > # > # PCI Hotplug Support > # > CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y > CONFIG_SYSCTL=y > CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y > CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y > CONFIG_PM=y > > # > # ACPI Support > # > CONFIG_ACPI=y > CONFIG_ACPI_BOOT=y > CONFIG_ACPI_BUS=y > CONFIG_ACPI_INTERPRETER=y > CONFIG_ACPI_EC=y > CONFIG_ACPI_POWER=y > CONFIG_ACPI_PCI=y > CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP=y > CONFIG_ACPI_SYSTEM=y > CONFIG_ACPI_BUTTON=y > > # > # Block devices > # > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 > > # > # Networking options > # > CONFIG_PACKET=y > CONFIG_FILTER=y > CONFIG_UNIX=y > CONFIG_INET=y > CONFIG_IP_PNP=y > > # > # SCTP Configuration (EXPERIMENTAL) > # > CONFIG_IPV6_SCTP__=y > > # > # Network device support > # > CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y > > # > # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) > # > CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y > CONFIG_NET_PCI=y > CONFIG_E100=y > # > # Input core support > # > CONFIG_INPUT=y > CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=y > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024 > CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768 > CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y > > # > # Character devices > # > CONFIG_VT=y > CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y > CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256 > > # > # Mice > # > CONFIG_MOUSE=y > CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y > > # > # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver > # > # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set > CONFIG_AGP=y > # CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_VIA is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_AMD_K8 is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA is not set > # CONFIG_AGP_ATI is not set > > # > # Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 DRI support) > # > CONFIG_DRM=y > CONFIG_DRM_NEW=y > CONFIG_DRM_MGA=y > > # > # File systems > # > CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y > CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y > CONFIG_RAMFS=y > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y > CONFIG_JOLIET=y > CONFIG_PROC_FS=y > CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y > CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y > CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y > > # > # Network File Systems > # > CONFIG_NFS_FS=y > CONFIG_NFS_V3=y > CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y > CONFIG_SUNRPC=y > CONFIG_LOCKD=y > CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y > > # > # Partition Types > # > CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y > CONFIG_NLS=y > > # > # Native Language Support > # > CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" > CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y > > # > # Console drivers > # > CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > > # > # Frame-buffer support > # > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y > CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G450=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_G100=y > CONFIG_FB_MATROX_MULTIHEAD=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > # > # Kernel hacking > # > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y > CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=0 > > # > # Library routines > # > CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y > CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anselm Martin > Hoffmeister > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:29 PM > To: Jason Dravet > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] compiling a small kernel > > Jason Dravet wrote: > > If I make the floppy using > > rom-o-matic the PC will just download the menu from the 3Com PXE > > server. > > You could use the ALTERNATE DHCP PORT option, or whatever it's called. > It makes etherboot query a dhcp server running on port 1069 instead of > 69. Recent LTSP3 (and I think LTSP 4 too) have an option like that so > that dhclient of the initial ramdisk will use those alternate ports too. > > HTH > > Anselm > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. 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