Re: [Thinstation-general] Re: Thinstation with Boot Menu

[Trevor B <tr...@ba...>]

Martin,

the initrd generated by Thinstation IS an .img file of a squashfs files 
system (just without the suffix - you can aways add it....). Normally 
with pxe you just point your dhcp server to the pxelinux.0 file and away 
it goes (loading the vmlinux & initrd you specify in the 
pxelinux.cfg/default file).

I don't use the 3Com product so am unsure what it is asking for (and 
getting info from their website is a REAL pain), so can't help you on 
the specifics of that product. Potentially you can just load the vmlinux 
& initrd files directly.

Trevor B

Martin Modin wrote:

>I have the same problem. The 3com software only accepts images in the .IMG
>format.
>.COM didn't work either. 
>
>Does anyone know how to build a .IMG file thats boot thinstation from a PXE
>menu?
>
>Thanks
>Martin
>
>
>
>From: Paolo Salvan <paolo@xv...>
> Re: Thinstation with Boot Menu   
>2004-05-27 18:13 
>
>I think the "menu" sw you are using require files in DOS .com format...
> 
> You should read the readme I"ve provided in the PxeBoot/ dir of the
> prebuilt, and read how to rebuild an image like the provided .zpxe
> file.... but with .com file format (simply change the extension when you
> launch make);
> 
> note that to prevent problems woth the DHCP you should rename your
> "pxe.mnu" to "thinstation.nbi.zpxe".... a little quirk....
> 
> > "Vandenhaak, Will" ha scritto:
> > 
> > Thinstation 2.0 prebuilt
> > 3com 3c905 dell gx100
> > MS DHCP and TFTPD32.exe
> > 
> > Has any one had any luck getting the Thinstation run as a PXE menu
> > option.  I can get it to work no problem with out the menu, but it
> > does not work from the menu.
> > I"m using the 3com menu editor and have tried a number of things.  I
> > set the my menu "pxe.mnu" as my boot file and set the .zpxe file and
> > have tried and Image file from the (working) etherboot diskette as
> > menu items.  I have many other menu items that do work fine, but are
> > all DOS based.    If I set the .zpxe file as the boot file, it works
> > great, but we need to use pxe-boot  for other purposes, so I need the
> > menu.  ie: Deploying system images and BIOS upgrades etc.
> > 
> > 
> > It starts to tftp the file, but seems to stall on downloading.
> > I tried the .zpxe, the nbi and images of different etherboot diskettes
> > in the menu, they all seem to stall.
> > 
> > The etherboot diskette works ok.
> > Thanks
> > Will
>  
>