Re: tftpboot

[August Hörandl <hoerandl@elina.htlw1.ac.at>]

Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> 
> Hi all !
> 
> Now what I really want to do:
> I have some PCs witn NT installed. These PCs should also run Linux.
> Everything is mounted from a server.
> To boot the kernel I use bootp+tftp which works if I boot from a floppy.
> Now how do I get it towork from the NT boot menu. I added an entry
> in boot.ini with "C:\bootsect.lnx=Linux". The bootsect.lnx file is the
> image.flo produced by makerom. It is displayed in the menu and I can select
> it. But then everything is quiet.
> Any hints ?
> 
> Thnaks in advance
>         Bernd

i think that this will work ;-)
the nt botloader needs a file with just the first block (boot sector, 512 bytes)
of the hard disk to boot from. the rest will be loaded from the disk - i dont
think that this (the rest of the image) can be loaded via tftp.
i would suggest
- use loadlin: copy loadlin.exe and the kernel on the disk und start it from 
  the dos prompt 
- create a (little) linux (ext2) partition and but the kernel there; you could
  use the remainder of this parttition to create a swap file

Regards
Gustl

ps: check http://elina.htlw1.ac.at/~hoerandl/nfs-root/INSTALL for other
possibilities to remote boot linux

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