Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of PXE_Boot_HowTo

Timestamp:

02/02/12 21:59:04 (13 years ago)

Author:

stresslinux

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PXE_Boot_HowTo

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+'''Requirements:'''
+- System with DHCP & TFTP setup
+- Stresslinux x86_64 (for now the development build 0.7.177)
+  (32bit version is not supported and you can expect problems with it!)
+- A host to run stresslinux on (x86_64 architecture and enough memory - 1.5GB required, because image is loaded completly to RAM).
+
+'''HowTo:'''
+
+If you are a first time user and have a clean /tftpboot directory (or directory you setup in your tftp configuration),
+you can copy all files and directory to /tftpboot.
+
+Your dhcp configuration needs to call pxelinux.0 (filename "/pxelinux.0";).
+
+Check the default KIWI configuration (-> KIWI/config.default) and change the IP 10.10.10.1
+to the IP of your tftp server.
+
+You may also change image filename and version in this file, when later releases will change
+their filename or version.
+
+Download stresslinux pxe edition (currently from testing directory
+ -> http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.177-Build5.2-pxe.tar.bz2)
+and extract it in image/ directory.
+{{{
+ wget http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.177-Build5.2-pxe.tar.bz2) -O /tftpboot/image/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.177-Build5.2-pxe.tar.bz2
+ cd /tftpboot/image
+ tar xfj stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.177-Build5.2-pxe.tar.bz2
+}}}
+
+Get the expected ramdisk size from image with the following command:
+{{{
+gunzip -l stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.177.gz |tail -n1|awk '{print $2 / 1024 + 1024}'
+}}}
+
+You will get a value similar to: 1111040
+
+Edit pxelinux.cfg/default file an replace current ramdisk_size with this value.
+
+In general this should be all.
+
+Initiate a PXE boot on a PXE capable system with enough memory (1.5GB for now).
+
+After initial dhcp request of your network card, the should popup a menu system
+with stresslinux and localboot option. Select stresslinux and it should
+start up, like it's booting from USB or CD.