Hello,

I've modified the /linuxrc-script (and /usr/share/udhcpc/default.script) to use tftp instead of wget to load the sysrcd.dat onto the system. Right now, I've replaced all http code with tftp. That version is available on request if anyone else has a use for it.

I could hack up a version that supports both, http and tftp, but that's some more work I'd only put in there if that change would make it into the distribution.

Greetings,
SvOlli

Hello,


would you be so kind and publish your script?
I have also an http server but i want everything on one machine (wanna use tftp).

thanks

gizmo

I've put up a small webpage that offers a patch for download with some installation instructions, so you can redo my effort in a way that leaves you with the most options.

It's available at http://svolli.org/software/sysrescpxe/. I'm pretty sure that I'll get an email if there are any problems left ;-), but please let me also know if it worked for you. Thanks.

the script works fine but i get the following error when i boot via PXE:



any ideas?

thanks

p.s.
i got an error, see:
http://nopaste.php-quake.net/14313

Yes, the "APPEND="-line got truncated.

It should be:
APPEND initrd=/sysresccd/svolli.cpio.gz video=ofonly vga=0 cdroot scandelay=5 boottftp=/sysresccd/sysrcd.dat dostartx

I'll fix the documentation soon.

thanks a lot!
it works perfect!

do you mind publishing this as a tutorial/how2 in the sysrescd-wiki?

No, not at all.

As long as I don't have to do it... ;-)

okay i'll publish it in the wiki... soon :wink:

edit: I'm not priviledged to edit the Wiki :evil:

Loading sysrcd.dat via TFTP support instead of HTTP has been added to the official SystemRescueCd version 0.4.4-beta4. More details there:
http://www.sysresccd.org/news/2008/01/2 ... l-as-http/

Hi,
I see that sysrescuecd has the great ability to use http and tftp to get sysrescd.dat
As wget is used for http, should it be possible to add ftp support too ? (anonymous ftp)

There is no plan to add support for FTP for the moment, since it would introduce complexity in the start-up script, and it would be one more boot option to test before each release.