[Thinstation-general] Issue with fastboot

[Eric T. <eri...@un...>]

Hi,

I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my 
thinstation server.
I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in 
tftpboot dir.
But it just doesn't work :
At client boot, I got this message :
mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or 
directory

(just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type 
a wrong cp command)

Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and 
finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite 
looping message.

I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime, 
pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour 
at client boot).

I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f 
/var/log/syslog during client boot).

I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though

What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it 
work ?


Thanks for your help
E.T.

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