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Re: [Xen-users] PXE-booting Xen using PXELINUX

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] PXE-booting Xen using PXELINUX
From: Yvette <yentlsoup@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 06:52:00 -0500
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To save any other Debian users out there the few keystrokes it would
take to check (especially any who might be as silly as I was and think
"I'm tracking sid/experimental, surely that means..."), as of today,
even experimental seems to be using 2.11, so grab it from here...

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/


On 5/5/05, Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quick follow-up to this: we've found that versions of PXELINUX before
> 2.12 don't work with this module, so if you are trying it out can you
> use a more recent PXELINUX?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tim.
> 
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 02:29:54PM +0100, Tim Deegan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A number of people have posted to the Xen lists recently wanting to
> > network-boot Xen on machines whose NICs are not supported by GRUB.  I've
> > been writing a module for PXELINUX that will allow it to boot Xen
> > directly over the network on PXE-enabled machines, without relying on
> > any hacks (mbootpack, &c.), or needing to write/port any device drivers.
> >
> > I have a version of it which works for me [tm] and I'd be very
> > interested in feedback from other people who want to PXE-boot Xen.
> > Assuming you already have dhcp/tftp up and working at your site, it
> > should be easy to test:
> >
> > 1) Edit dhcpd.conf to boot pxelinux on your Xen machine
> >    (see http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php ).
> >
> > 2) Download http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~tjd21/tmp/mboot.c32 and put it in your
> >    tftpboot directory.
> >
> > 3) Copy xen, xenlinux and initrd into your tftpboot directory.
> >
> > 4) Edit the appropriate pxelinux.cfg file to contain a line invoking
> >    mboot.c32, and then the xen and module command lines, separated by
> >    '---'. For example, this one works for me:
> >
> >    DEFAULT mboot.c32 xen-2.0.5.gz dom0_mem=258048 --- vmlinuz-2.6.10-xen0 
> > ro console=tty root=/dev/hda --- initrd-2.6.10-xen0
> >
> > 3) Let me know if it works!  A simple yes/no would be great; details of
> >    what hardware you're using and symptoms if it fails would be even
> >    better.
> >
> > At some point in the next while I'll be submitting this code to the main
> > SYSLINUX tree, with proper documentation and such-like bells and
> > whistles.  In the meantime, feedback would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> > --
> > Tim Deegan                           (My opinions, not the University's)
> > Systems Research Group
> > University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Tim Deegan                           (My opinions, not the University's)
> Systems Research Group
> University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
> 
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