PXE booting 9.04 live CD

[Michael Welle]

Hi,

Mario Spinthiras <spinthiras.mario at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello everyone,
>
>  I was wondering if someone has some literature/documentation/experience
> with the subject matter. I want to create a PXE set of files derived from
> the Ubuntu live cd in order to use it as a diskless node. However my largest
> issue is that I do not want to use NFS in any way or anything that would set
> the node dependant on another resource after booting. I simply want
> everything to be in RAM. Has anyone had a go at this? Your pointers will be
> greatly apreciated.
just build an initrd containing all software you need at your
clients. As a starting point you can use the kernel and initrd from the
netboot directory of the alternate cd.

Another approach is to use the filesystem.squashfs from the regular cd
as a rootfs. Have a look at the initrd from the regular cd on how to
mount the filesystem.squashfs. Then in your netboot initrd suck that
beast from the server and mimic the mount mechanism. If you do not want
to use nfs (or http or ftp) keep in mind that you need a tweaked tftp
server to deliver such huge files. All in all one should reach a
runnable state with an hour or two of hacking.


Regards
hmw

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