[Voyage-linux] Different PXE Server

[John Schultz]

OK, loading the SystemRescueCD from PXE via HTML or TFTP will not work

The client needs the sysrcd.dat file. If you use HTTP or TFTP for the third
> stage, then sysrcd.dat will be downloaded into RAM so the client has to
> have enough memory (estimated requirement: 400MB). If you use either NFSv3
> or NBD then you don't have this memory requirement and the client will make
> permanent requests to the server each time it needs a file from the root
> filesystem.
>

So I definitely HAVE to use NFS or NBD. Only problem I have come up with so
far is that I have not been able to figure this out yet.

Thanks,
John

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 17:37, John Schultz <jschultz0614 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The dat file needed is 297MB Im going to try and mount it remotely,
> however, I do not believe I will have enough RAM free.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 16:55, John Schultz <jschultz0614 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hopefully the file being loaded after the PXE process is loaded will all
>> total less then 256MB otherwise, this will not work either :(.
>>
>> I will know more shortly
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:06, Gustin Johnson <gustin at meganerd.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> The systemrescuecd PXE boot environment is only 14 MB, with the rest
>>> mounted over NFS.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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