Re: [gentoo-user] pxe + initramfs
James: How would I go about taking a LiveCD and packing it into a LiveCD so that I don't have to set up NFS exports for all the other Linux distributions? I assume you mean taking a livecd and packing it into a initramfs. I would suggest you read this guide: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-initrd.html RDSIZE will have to be substantially larger though, large enough to fit whatever your putting into the image. Ubuntu Karmic netinstall is about 12Mb [1] so 13000 might be appropriate, iirc initramfs cannot exceed 16Mb (if this isn't true let me know :D). Some hackery of the init script will likely be required. [1] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso -- Kyle
[gentoo-user] pxe + initramfs
All, I have been experimenting heavily with netboot (PXE booting). When I go to boot the Ubuntu LiveCD via the network I have to set up an NFS share and export it with the content of the LiveCD so that the kernel can boot from it. However, when booting the Gentoo LiveCD from the network, everything seems to be downloaded as one large initramfs image that is then extracted and used to boot. i.e., no NFS required. How would I go about taking a LiveCD and packing it into a LiveCD so that I don't have to set up NFS exports for all the other Linux distributions? Thoughts appreciated. -j
