[mythtv-users] PXE Network Boot

James Gutshall Jr warchildx at gmail.com
Thu Mar 13 14:16:39 UTC 2008


On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Mitch Gore <mitchell.gore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net>
> wrote:
>
> > > So, when i start my VM machine i see it get a IP then look to the tftp
> > > server.  i then get a page that says "Welcome to the Red Hat Network
> > > Installer, Enter the # for the OS you want to  install."
> >
> > I'm confused. Where are you getting the redhat installer thing from?
> > Do you have a CD in the drive, and it's failing to netboot and
> > falliing back to your CD drive? Is the coming from the bootimage you
> > download from the tftp server?
> >
> > This may not be of use to you as it appears you may be using redhat,
> > but I run debian and found the following to be the best guide I found
> > for setting up diskless.
> >
> > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/how-i-did-it-diskless-netboot-with-debian-etch-468870/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ron
> >
>
> I think my WM is doing something bug it loads so fast I cant tell  what is
> happeneding.  How can i slow the BIOS down or atleast record what is
> happening.
>
> Thanks,
> Mitchell
>
>
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Click in the Console window of the vmware guest, and press the esc key.
then you can force the boot from lan instead of booting from disk.
--James
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