TinyCore Builder for VMware View - PXE boot ?

[Logist]

Figured it was a typo but, i learned when getting help from someone who knows more than you do its never good idea to be a smart a**

anyhow.. damn i just noticed as well the site is down.. maybe there will be an update , maybe its all over :/

Surely someone out there has a PXE bootable vmware view client set up? anyway any os i guess it doesent matter. I want students to power on the computer then everything else happens over pxe 

[tinypoodle]

Wonder if repurpose got a takedown request as I haven't been able to peek at it all weekend.

Due to this thread I had tried to check that site and it was down a couple of days ago.

[genec]

Surely someone out there has a PXE bootable vmware view client set up? anyway any os i guess it doesent matter. I want students to power on the computer then everything else happens over pxe 

In the works but I will not post the client itself.  So far, my system works pretty well but just need to make it easier for others to use.

[sebus]

You can get 1.5 client itself here or 1.7 here

[Logist]

yeah it is no problem for me to get the client separate, as long as the rest is.. at least step by step instructions of some sort or how to 
thanks.

[genec]

... at least step by step instructions of some sort or how to 

In the works.

[genec]

btw, Fabian did make one post a while ago: http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,13485.msg74916.html#msg74916

I totally forgot he had actually posted about it and there's another post on a blog somewhere where he made the announcement about http://repurpose.vmwarecloud.at/

[genec]

Looks like Fabian got the site back up.

Pending submission approval, I've created an extension that will make a VMware View Client extension (with the caveat that the generated extension is not licensed for distribution).

Also, check out http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:VMware_View and http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:dynamic_multimaster

PM if you'd like a link to my extension before it's posted.

[ctuagent]

I have been able to get mine to boot using:
initrd=tinyurl/core.gz tftplist=myserver:/cde/onboot.lst
But it doesn't load the vmware view client it only loads my logo. Any thoughts?

[genec]

I have been able to get mine to boot using:
initrd=tinyurl/core.gz tftplist=myserver:/cde/onboot.lst
But it doesn't load the vmware view client it only loads my logo. Any thoughts?

Which core.gz?  Original or a remaster?  What's the contents of onboot.lst?  Should tftp://myserver/cde/ contain all the relevant extensions to solve dependencies?

Note that if you made an ISO with the site then extract core.gz from the ISO, it is not the original but likely includes the logo since the site added it to core.gz.

[ctuagent]

Its the core.gz from the iso created by the website.
The contents of the onboot.lst is as follows
Xlibs.tcz
Xprogs.tcz
Xvesa.tcz
fltk-1.10.tcz
wbar.tcz
flwm_topside.tcz
Xlibs.tcz
Xprogs.tcz
Xvesa.tcz
fltk-1.10.tcz
wbar.tcz
kmaps.tcz
openbox.tcz
vmware-view-client-1.5.0-kiosk.tcz
vmware-view-client-1.5.0-kiosk.tcz.list
rdesktop.tcz
libnotify.tcz
zenity.tcz
hicolor-icon-theme.tcz
bash.tcz

[ctuagent]

I am trying a different way

My setup uses a Windows server and WDS that has been modified using syslinux files. Reference: http://www.deployvista.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/126/language/sv-SE/Default.aspx

I also added memdisk from the syslinux download to my boot folder

I then modified the default boot entry to be:
LABEL TinyCore
 
MENU Default
 
KERNEL tinycore/memdisk
 
initrd tinycore/tinycoreviewv3.iso.gz

append iso

The iso is straight from the website and has been gzip ed.
It gets to where it needs to load extensions, it spins then goes to a command prompt.
Any thoughts

[tinypoodle]

http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/MEMDISK#Linux

[ctuagent]

I am a novice @ linux, can you further clarify what I should do tinypoodle?

[tinypoodle]

I think this whole thread has quite a lot of hints and pointers from the start.