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Revision as of 13:36, 27 December 2011


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Ok Netboot works, 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 with notepad++

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 the following:

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 pxe zip file here:

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.

Starttest.png

Start "test" virtual machine and

should display menu:

Menupmagic.png

Select "Parted Magic" from menu

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 commandline 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​