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NOTE: This is for Fedora 14 ONLY and needs updated to reflect Amahi 7 specifics.

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

Step 1: Create share in Amahi Dashboard:

login -> Setup -> Shares -> New Share

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:

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 in the following:

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

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 :

Download Parted Magic (scroll down a bit to get to the PXE ZIP files and choose the correct one for your architecture): http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads

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.

Start "test" virtual machine and should display menu:

Select "Parted Magic" from menu and should display:

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

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

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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-{{WorkInProgress}}
+{{NeedsUpdate}}
+<b>NOTE:</b>  This is for Fedora 14 ONLY and needs updated to reflect Amahi 7 specifics.
 Ok Netboot works, so now what? Let's try adding Parted Magic
 __NOTOC__
@@ Line 30: / Line 34: @@
 * Navigate into pxlinux.cfg folder
 * Right click on "default" file and edit.  You should see:
-{{Text|Text=DEFAULT menu.c32
+<pre>DEFAULT menu.c32
 PROMPT 0
 TIMEOUT 100 # start the default after 10 seconds
@@ Line 43: / Line 47: @@
 LABEL PBA
 	MENU LABEL PBA --->
-	kernel vmlinuz
+	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
+	KERNEL memtest/memtest86+-1.65</pre>
-}}
+*At the bottom paste in the following:
-*At the bottom paste the following:
+<pre>LABEL pmagic
-{{Text|Text=
+        MENU LABEL Parted Magic
-LABEL pmagic
+        KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage
-	MENU LABEL Parted Magic
+         APPEND noapic root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000 initrd=images/pmagic/initrd.img</pre>
-	KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage
-	INITRD images/pmagic/initrd.img
-         APPEND noapic root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000D
-}}
 *Save the file.
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 = Step 3: Download Parted Magic : =
-*Get PXE zip file [http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads here]
+*Download Parted Magic (scroll down a bit to get to the PXE ZIP files and choose the correct one for your architecture): [http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads]
 *Right click=> 7zip->open or extract archive
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 * <ins>If you select Parted Magic and the screen just blinks</ins>
 **Double check the KERNEL path in your menu entry:
-<pre>            KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage</pre>
+<pre>KERNEL images/pmagic/bzImage</pre>
 * <ins>If it starts and doesn't boot completely</ins>
 **Double check the INITRD menu entry
-<pre>            INITRD images/pmagic/initrd.img</pre>
+<pre>INITRD images/pmagic/initrd.img</pre>
 * <ins>Permissions problems: login as root in console or putty</ins>
-{{Code|cd /usr/share/amahi-netboot/
+<pre>cd /usr/share/amahi-netboot/
 chown -Rc admin:admin tftp
-chmod -Rc 755 tftp}}
+chmod -Rc 755 tftp</pre>
 * <ins>Still nothing, </ins>
 **Post on forum link [http://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3596 here].

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