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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: peedee on November 04, 2010, 08:56:05 PM

Title: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: peedee on November 04, 2010, 08:56:05 PM: Because its my first post, hi every one.

I managed to setup an pxe boot server and load tinycore, i'm able to save to the nfs drive/map and every thing seems oke to me. but when i reboot no settings are loaded?

my boot config:
LABEL 2
kernel /images/tiny/bzImage
append initrd=/images/tiny/tinycore.gz nfsmount=192.168.1.8:/home/tftpboot/images/tiny

Do i miss something???

b.t.w. i'm using the latest tinycore an linuxpxe.0
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: gerald_clark on November 04, 2010, 09:30:20 PM: Make sure you are running V3.3rc2 or heed the note in the netboot wiki about the path names.
http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/Netbooting#PXE_and_PPR_TCZ_on_an_NFS_share
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: ^thehatsrule^ on November 05, 2010, 04:21:49 PM: [removed empty poll]
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: peedee on November 07, 2010, 06:02:55 PM: Thanks for the reply,

With V3.3rc2 i'm able to backup, but i can't download packages. (maybe there is no repo for the release candidate??)

But i noticed that V3.3rc2 tries to get an ip address from the dhcp3-server my tftp-server is running on, wile 3.2 does not, it probably gets it's ip from the dhcp server on my isp-router and connects.
I tried static ip configuration but this also didn't work with 3.3rc2 (did not tried 3.2)

I also changed the ip-range in the dhcp3-config, because otherwise the nfs server is rejecting the mount request.
The server gives 192.168.1.11, tiny-core takes 192.168.1.8 and is unknown with the same mac address. (don't know which version) For those who think it's strange that i could save before without out changing the ip range, that's probably because i'm using my laptop now.

I'm really a network noob, but is there a way to make tiny core takes the same ip address as when its getting downloaded, from the tftpserver (like other disto's do)? Or do i really need to chance my whole setup to the needs of v3.2?
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: tinypoodle on November 07, 2010, 06:12:20 PM: Perhaps an easier (and better supported) way might be if you could fire up TC on your "mothership-box" and run the 'tc-terminal-server' script.
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: gerald_clark on November 07, 2010, 08:43:16 PM: TC doesn't try to get an IP from any specific dhcp server.
It sends a dhcp request. The dhcp server answers.
You should not run 2 dhcp servers.
If the one on the router answers first, it does not send the proper next server for tftpboot.

This is not a TCL problem.
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot?
Post by: peedee on November 07, 2010, 10:25:42 PM: This is not a TCL problem.

Indeed, i logged in to remove the post i just made, because it doesn't make sense, but there was already replied to it.

I don't know what the problem was but everything is working fine now :)

So one further question, how do i mark this topic as solved?
Title: Re: How to load backup from pxeboot? [SOLVED]
Post by: tinypoodle on November 07, 2010, 10:46:19 PM: Hit "modify" in at least the first post (or better do same in all of them) and in "Subject:" box append [SOLVED]