PXE booting 9.04 live CD

[Michael Welle]

Hi,

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

> Well my original thought was to use the debian live scripts + squashfs
> delivered via HTTP. GPXE is a far better way of getting the initrd and the
> kernel in (since it supports http) rather than tftp.
sure it's better if you can use http to suck the rootfs from the
server. Even if you tweak the block size transferring x hundred
megabytes via tftp is a PITA.


> I will checkout the netboot from the alternate ISO to see if I can get a
> base. I think my real problem so far has been mounting root. I am not quite
> sure what the best way and how to go about it is.
If you are familiar with building initrds you can start your own. But I
find the netboot stuff handy, because they contain all drivers etc. you
need for PXE booting. Just rip the installer off and integrate your own
logic. 

How do you want to store user generated data? USB sticks?

Regards
hmw

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