[mythtv-users] OT: netboot is extremely slow to boot

Tyler T tylernt at gmail.com
Sun Sep 19 04:45:18 UTC 2010


>>>> it takes over 5
>>>> minutes to download the image.
>>>>
>>> I used to use PXE and my kernel would TFTP
>>> down in just a few seconds.
>
> at this point I think I might just
> abandon the netbooting.

My current mobo doesn't do PXE, so I loaded up PXELinux, my kernel,
and an initrd on a spare USB stick (only needs to be a few MB). From
there it mounts the rootfs on NFS exactly as I did with PXE, so it's
"almost" diskless.


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