Re: [Thinstation-general] Issue with fastboot

[Elio C. <eco...@gm...>]

If that's not the case, maybe it's a failure to read FASTBOOT_URL 
variable. I've set it at pxelinux.cfg/default:

APPEND ....  FASTBOOT_URL=ftp://x.x.x.x/pub/thinstation

Elio

On 19-05-2017 13:44, Eric Trezel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
>> On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for
>> your network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine
>> list.
>>
> This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC I use for all my
> thinstation tests, for a long time.
> I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
> I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I launched busybox on
> tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
> Just for the record : I also tested with autonet rather than netwokmanager
>
> E.T.
>
>> Elio
>>
>>
>> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>