[mythtv-users] Diskless frontend & debian

Cristo Bolaņos cbolanos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 15:08:26 UTC 2007


Hello,

really, my problem is to get filesystem mounted in the right way.

Actually, the client boots and loads init process, but doesn't mount
nfs filesystem with read-write permission.

I've compiled a custom kernel with nfs, tcp, etc etc... config, as
seen in this thread.
And this is my /tftpboot tree:

pxelinux.0
pxelinux.cfg
   default
vmlinuz-2.6.20-k7

This is the "default" file content:

DISPLAY boot.txt

DEFAULT mythtv

LABEL mythtv
        kernel vmlinuz-2.6.20-k7
        append root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.1.2:/diskless/root ip=dhcp
        #append vga=normal root=/dev/ ramdisk_size=60000 --
NFSROOT=192.168.1.2:/diskless ip=dhcp
PROMPT 0

I'm testing with vmware player.

Thanks everybody :)

2007/2/6, Mark Hetherington <mark at hethos.org>:
> On Tuesday 06 February 2007 11:14, Cristo Bolaņos wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've read wiki documentation, but is redhat oriented.
> >
> > I've success with pxe, dhcp, tftp and boot, but not with kernel image
> > and mount over nfs.
> >
> > Has anyone created kernel and init images with debian ? Is there a
> > clear guide to do it ? :)
> >
> > Thanks everyone.
>
> I currently have a diskless image served from a debian server, with the kernel
> having been built from debian kernel packages. I took a few stabs at it to
> get it right (as far as kernel options). I found a couple of guides by
> searching for "debian diskless". I'm using a syslinux pxe boot menu to make
> avialable the debian installer, or a full debian system to dhcp clients.
>
> Unfortunately I currently only have access to email, so I can't confirm
> exactly which site it was I found the best information at. There is actually
> a "diskless" utility for debian that helps in building multiple system images
> and sharing images between clients, but if you are planning to use minimyth
> this won't be useful.
>
> When I was building my kernel, I had to make sure I had nfs compiled in, as
> well as tcp, dhcp, and all the appropriate network drivers for any potential
> clients.
>
> If you come across a particular problem, I'll try to assist you if you email
> me the details.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
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