Netboot for Noobs Tutorial 2

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This is recommended only for advanced users, proceed with caution.



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Ok Netboot works, so now what? Let's try adding Parted Magic

Step 1: Create share in Amahi Dashboard:

  • login -> Setup -> Shares -> New Share

1-Createshare.PNG

Name: Call it "netboot" or "pxe" or "tftp" or whatever you want. I use "pxe" .

Location: /usr/share/amahi-netboot/tftp


NOTE: This is where amahi-netboot installs configuration files

  • If you browse this folder you should see: 
boot.msg
logo.16 
menu.c32 
other.conf
f2
memtest 
minirooot.gz 
pxelinux.0
vmlinuz 
pxelinux.cfg folder

Step 2: Add Parted Magic entry to menu:

  • Navigate into pxlinux.cfg folder
  • Right click on "default" file and edit. You should see:
Text
​DEFAULT menu.c32

PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 100 # start the default after 10 seconds
MENU TITLE --== Amahi Netboot Main Menu ==--

# Exit the PXE stack and boot the local system
LABEL bootlocal
        MENU DEFAULT
        MENU LABEL Boot from the Hard Drive
        localboot 0

LABEL PBA
        MENU LABEL PBA --->
        kernel vmlinuz
        APPEND nfsdir=hda:/var/hda/apps/pba/client/iso lang=us ramdisk_size=100000 nomce dma nosound apm=power-off nopcmcia nofirewire init=/etc/init nomce vga=normal initrd=miniroot.gz 2 BOOT_IMAGE=insert

LABEL memtest86+
        MENU LABEL Memtest86+ --->
        kernel memtest/memtest86+-1.65​

  • At the bottom paste the following:
Text
​LABEL pmagic

        MENU LABEL Parted Magic
        KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage
        INITRD images/pmagic/initrd.img
        APPEND noapic root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000D​

  • Save the file.
  • Create folder in your share called "images"
  • Create another folder in "images" called "pmagic"
  • Should have the following structure 
your share/pxelinux.cfg/
your share/images/pmagic/

Step 3: Download Parted Magic :

  • Get PXE zip file here
  • Right click=> 7zip->open or extract archive
  • Locate the files "bzimage" and "initrd.img"
  • Copy them to the newly created folder: your share/images/pmagic
  • Open virtual box.
Starttest.png

  • Start "test" virtual machine and should display menu:
Menupmagic.png

  • Select "Parted Magic" from menu and should display:
Loadpmagic.png

  • It may take a couple of minutes to load into memory and boot depending on your network connection and activity
Pmagic.png


All that and not one bash command line entry!

Works

Go to Tutorial #3

Troubleshooting if it doesn't work:

  • If you select Parted Magic and the screen just blinks
    • Double check the KERNEL path in your menu entry: 
            KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage
  • If it starts and doesn't boot completely
    • Double check the INITRD menu entry 
            INITRD images/pmagic/initrd.img
  • Permissions problems: login as root in console or putty
bash code
​cd /usr/share/amahi-netboot/

chown -Rc admin:admin tftp
chmod -Rc 755 tftp​

  • Still nothing,
    • Post on forum link here.


Go back to Amahi Netboot for noobs

Also see Netboot

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