Re: net booting sbm (smart boot manager)

[Carl Karsten]

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:36 AM, Carl Karsten <address@hidden> wrote:

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> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:29 AM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden>
> wrote:
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>> 06.05.2017 09:22, Carl Karsten пишет:
>> > On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 12:22 AM, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> 06.05.2017 01:24, Carl Karsten пишет:
>> >>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Andrei Borzenkov <
>> address@hidden>
>> >>> wrote:
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>> >>>> 05.05.2017 07:18, Carl Karsten пишет:
>> >>>>> i pxe boot grub,  that works.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> often I want to boot local media and don't hit the "boot device" key
>> >>>> (which
>> >>>>> isn't consistent)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> If I could host this on my tftp server and boot it, that would do
>> what
>> >> I
>> >>>>> need:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/btmgr/
>> >>>>> "Smart BootManager is an os independent BootManager which has easy
>> to
>> >> use
>> >>>>> interface and many other features. The main goals of SBM are to be
>> >>>>> absolutely OS independent, flexible and full-featured. It has all of
>> >> the
>> >>>>> features needed to boot a variety of OS."
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> any tips on how to make that happen?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> with selinux I did this:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> label sbm-floppy
>> >>>>>     kernel syslinux/memdisk
>> >>>>>     append initrd=util/sbm/sbm.img
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> memdisk would setup a floppy like ram disk.. or something.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> GRUB does not have native support for RAM disk. Given that this is
>> >>>> completely standalone, there is little sense to re-implement memdisk
>> >>>> really. Just load it from grub.
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> menuentry "sbm" {
>> >>> linux  util/sbm/sbm.img
>> >>> }
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> You need to use linux16.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Same
>> >
>> > error: too many setup sectors
>> >
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>> Sorry, did not look carefully. You were told to load memdisk, not sbm.
>> Jordan even gave you exact URL to description how to do it. Any reason
>> you did not look at this URL or follow it if you did?
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> "Just load it from grub" sounded easier.
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> I'll try memdisk.
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menuentry "sbm" {
   linux16 syslinux/memdisk
   initrd16 util/sbm/sbm.img
}

works like a charm.


> --
> Carl K
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Carl K