Hello syslinux Mailinglist ;) I'm new to this mailing list, the RIP Readme brought me here. I'm quite new to syslinux/pxelinux and im trying to set up some kind of minimal linux which is bootable via lan. I found the http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ project, and what I read in the readme it will fit my needs. Basic infos: Host System running gentoo, dhcp-3.0.1-r1, tftp-hpa-0.40-r1 Client: 3com nic, which supports PXE I downloaded the http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/RIP-14.1.pxe.zip package and extracted it like described in the readme/install file. I configured the dhcp server like described in the rip/pxe readme, and set up a fixed address for the client based on his mac address. When starting the client, I grabbed some packages via tcpdump: 19:57:41.429329 arp who-has n1ght tell 192.168.0.35 19:57:41.465954 arp reply n1ght is-at 00:11:2f:0b:ec:f6 19:57:41.429401 IP 192.168.0.35.2070 > n1ght.tftp: 37 RRQ "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0 19:57:41.430543 IP n1ght.32785 > 192.168.0.35.2070: UDP, length: 19 19:57:41.433290 IP 192.168.0.35.2071 > n1ght.tftp: 42 RRQ "/tftpboot/pxelinux.0" octet blksize 1456 19:57:41.433861 IP n1ght.32785 > 192.168.0.35.2071: UDP, length: 19 And my syslog: Aug 31 19:57:29 n1ght kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled. Aug 31 19:57:29 n1ght kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode Aug 31 19:57:39 n1ght dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:18:46:e7:8f via eth0 Aug 31 19:57:39 n1ght dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.35 to 00:e0:18:46:e7:8f via eth0 Aug 31 19:57:41 n1ght dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.35 (192.168.0.5) from 00:e0:18:46:e7:8f via eth0 Aug 31 19:57:41 n1ght dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.35 to 00:e0:18:46:e7:8f via eth0 Aug 31 17:57:41 n1ght in.tftpd[9444]: RRQ from 192.168.0.35 filename /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 Aug 31 17:57:41 n1ght in.tftpd[9445]: RRQ from 192.168.0.35 filename /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 Aug 31 20:00:01 n1ght cron[9449]: (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Aug 31 20:01:23 n1ght kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode The Client gets his ip info and seems to load the pxelinux.0 via tftp, but then it just boots up normally from HD. I really checked all those settings more than twice, searched in the archive of this mailing list and google, but didn't found a proper solution or even a reason why things wont run. I appreciate any Help ;) Kind Regards, Moritz
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 06:13:29PM +0200, mukke.net wrote:> Hello syslinux Mailinglist ;) > > I'm new to this mailing list, the RIP Readme brought me here.Welcome, Recovery Is Possible.> > I'm quite new to syslinux/pxelinux and im trying to set up some kind of > minimal linux which is bootable via lan. > > I found the http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ > project, and what I read in the readme it will fit my needs. > > Basic infos: > Host System running gentoo, dhcp-3.0.1-r1, tftp-hpa-0.40-r1 > Client: 3com nic, which supports PXE > > I downloaded the > http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/RIP-14.1.pxe.zip21 mega byte> package and extracted it like described in the readme/install file.not readed, the download is running while writing this E-mail> > I configured the dhcp server like described in the rip/pxe readme, and set > up a fixed address for the client based on his mac address. ><snip/>> > > The Client gets his ip info and seems to load the pxelinux.0 via tftp, but > then it just boots up normally from HD.> > I really checked all those settings more than twice, searched in the archive > of this mailing list and google, but didn't found a proper solution or even > a reason why things wont run. > > > I appreciate any Help ;)What is de content of the pxelinux.cfg directory ( on the tftp server ) ? St
mukke.net wrote:> > The Client gets his ip info and seems to load the pxelinux.0 via tftp, but > then it just boots up normally from HD. >What output is the client showing on its screen? -hpa
>Hello syslinux Mailinglist ;) > >I'm new to this mailing list, the RIP Readme brought me here. > >I'm quite new to syslinux/pxelinux and im trying to set up some kind of >minimal linux which is bootable via lan. > >I found the http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/ >project, and what I read in the readme it will fit my needs.This is just to announce a new version of the RIP Linux rescue system. The kernel (2.6.13) and software were updated. Added *initramfs* using TMPFS (made possible with included kernel patch), which is preferred, because it doesn't require the running of an initrd script 'linuxrc' and the mounting of the install media (CD or USB) etc., but it initially requires more RAM. RIP is not very large (25MB compressed) and 128MB of RAM is enough to boot it. You can boot it using the old initrd method or the new *initramfs* one. The PXE version of RIP will just offer the *initramfs* method, because the way it's setup it doesn't make much difference. Any replys should also Cc me if possible.