TinyCore Builder for VMware View - PXE boot ?

[genec]

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

Agreed.  I generally prefer to load everything in the initrd payload(s) as it allows universal portability (PXE, ISO or HDD/USB load).

ctuagent, going back to my original response, if tftp://myserver/cde/optional/ contains the .tcz files you listed that were in your onboot.lst, it should just work.  The leading issue I've seen is a lack of read permission for other (versus user and group).

[kingmoocow]

Reviving this in hopes that someone can point me to some step by step instructions for converting the repurpose site's Vmware View image into a PXE bootable package; or just tell me what I'm doing wrong with my current gz...

I know someone mentioned ezrepackage, but I'm not sure how to get out of the View client to get back to the app loader; so - in search for another option, I tried what this guy says: http://sirlagz.net/2011/05/17/how-to-remaster-tiny-core-linux/

I basically mounted my repurpose ISO, copied the files out, unsquashed the files from /cde/options, unpacked core.gz, moved the contents of squash-root into the unpacked core.gz, and then repacked it as a single tc.gz.

Then, loaded it onto my pxe server:
LABEL linux
        MENU LABEL VDI Test ReBuild
        kernel repack/bzImage
        append initrd=repack/tc.gz

So - it boots, but comes to a tc@box:~$ prompt, and stops.  I can't figure out how to get it to boot to the GUI/autolaunch the VView client.
Thanks!

[kingmoocow]

Also tried this - it seemed like a logical way for it to work since it didn't involve breaking the original ISO down, so it should just work...
LABEL linux
        MENU LABEL VDI Test ISO
        kernel memdisk
        append iso
#       initrd iso/tinycore-current.iso
        initrd netboot/tc-custom.iso

loading tinycore-current.iso works perfectly, but loading the image I got from Repurpose boots up right to tc@box:~$ again.

If I boot straight off the native (custom) ISO though, it boots right to Vmware View.  So - the image should be good.

[genec]

http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/MEMDISK#INT_13h_access:_Not_all_images_will_complete_the_boot_process.21

http://wiki.tinycorelinux.net/wiki:dynamic_multimaster#vmware_view_client

[kingmoocow]

Thanks, I'll dig in more to the multimastering.

[steveumbal]

Finally I got a working PXE image ... well I prepared it a month ago but wasn't unable to connect to the Virtual Desktops ... untill I realized that I need to add the "nameserver" in the dhcp options.
I built the TC pxe boot image from other pxe systems I use in my lan adding the tc files from the iso created with the "repurpose.vmwarecloud.at" service.
To make it work I made this folder structure:

the tftp folder "tinyvw" with inside

- [boot] with pxelinux.cfg and core.gz and the other file needed
- [tmp] with all tc file inside another folder [tce]
- tcz.lst  (the full path file list to load - e.g.: tinyvw/tmp/tce/Xlibs.tcz)

All works well but unfortunately lacks the usb redirection (to be the perfect View solution).