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[Lubomir Kundrak]

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Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:58:49 +0200
From: Rainer M Krug <address@hidden>
Organization: University of Stellenbosch
To:  address@hidden
Subject: Re: Problem with diskless boot
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Lubomir Kundrak wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:05:28AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>> To: address@hidden
>> From: Rainer M Krug <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:05:28 +0200
>> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
>> References: <address@hidden> <address@hidden>
>> In-Reply-To: <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Problem with diskless boot
>>
>> Lubomir Kundrak wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> As manual[1] says, format of the T150 tag is "(nd)/path/to/menu.lst".
>>> Surely, to access (nd) device you have to have networking facilities
>>> compiled in.
>> I'll try this. Thanks.
>> and I have to set the T150 tag to "(nd)/path/to/menu.lst" and only
>> replace the path/to bit and the "(nd)" stays as it is?
> 
> Sure. "(nd)" means that file with following path is to be obtained
> from the TFTP server.
> 


AAhh! That explains. :-) I think I will manage now.

As far as I remember, this is not clear in the man pages - could it
possibly added?

Thanks a million,

Rainer










>>> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Diskless.html
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Lubo
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:39:10AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>>>> To: address@hidden      Ini.Add( '#Possible integer values for 
>>>> InitialPlants:' );
      Ini.Add( '#     = 0  : No Plants; Positive integer: Number' );
      Ini.Add( '#     > 0  : No of individuals at random locations (may
be less if overlap!)' );
      Ini.Add( '#     = -1 : One individual in the centre of the
simulated area' );
      Ini.Add( '#     < -1 : One individual in centre of each cell,
proportion of cells with plant: - InitialPlants / 1000' );

>>>> From: Rainer M Krug <address@hidden>
>>>> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:39:10 +0200
>>>> Message-ID: <address@hidden>
>>>> Subject: Problem with diskless boot
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> If this is the wrong newsgroup to ask, could you please direct mi to a
>>>> better one? Thanks for that.
>>>>
>>>> My Problem:
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to boot a diskless client (at the moment a virtual machine
>>>> in VM) via the network (DHCP server and tftp server on the host). My
>>>> system: SuSE 10.1
>>>>
>>>> the tftp sever is setup and running and has the image pxegrub available.
>>>> The DHCP server is setup, assigning static IP to the VM and has the
>>>> option "option filename "pxegrub"" set. I exported the directory where
>>>> the kernel, GRUB menu config file, ... are located as read write access
>>>> for the machine VM machines. I checked, and host VM resolves to the IP.
>>>> I also tried to supply this option to this machine, but this is where
>>>> the problem comes in.
>>>> In addition, an "option T150" is defined with the tag 150 as required by
>>>> GRUB to pass the location of the  configuration file for the manu
>>>> (menu.lst). Whenever I try to boot the VM, the GRUB shell comes up and
>>>> not the menu. My guess is, I need a special way to give the path to the
>>>> GRUB menu config file. I tried
>>>>
>>>> option T150 "192.168.0.1://exportedfolder/path/to/menu.lst"
>>>> and
>>>> option T150 "/exportedfolder/path/to/menu.lst"
>>>>
>>>> but the VM only opens the GRUB shell.
>>>>
>>>> I am stuck.
>>>>
>>>> Do I have to compile GRUB with the network options enabled?
>>>>      Ini.Add( '#Possible integer values for InitialPlants:' );
      Ini.Add( '#     = 0  : No Plants; Positive integer: Number' );
      Ini.Add( '#     > 0  : No of individuals at random locations (may
be less if overlap!)' );
      Ini.Add( '#     = -1 : One individual in the centre of the
simulated area' );
      Ini.Add( '#     < -1 : One individual in centre of each cell,
proportion of cells with plant: - InitialPlants / 1000' );

>>>>
>>>> (with the struggle of loading the kernel, I will deal later!)
>>>>
>>>> Any help welcome,
>>>>
>>>> Rainer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Biology (UCT)

Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology
University of Stellenbosch
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