Re: pxeboot - EXT3-fs:unable to read superblock

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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Grey Kuyper wrote:

> 
> Here is the situation:
> 
> The client computer is:
> 
>    1) booting from its local hard disk
> 
>    2) grabbing its IP and executing its programs from the server.
> 
> We already know that the PXE boot works because it gets us to the point the root file system image is needed.
> 
> That leaves one gap to cross: Creating the image and telling the boot process to use it. 
> 
>  
> 
> Here's the problem: The clients existing root filesystem is a PIG (about 2 GB) and the client has only 128MB memory. 
> 
> Can I not simply move the client's HDD to the server and point the boot process to that (new) block device?

Nope, as it is no longer a device on the local system.

Apparently there is a root filesystem on NFS howto - it may pay to read 
that..

-- 
Steve.


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