[asterisk-users] PXE-bootable diskless Asterix distro?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 03:30:50PM +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 09:06 +0100, Vincent wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:15:22 +0200, Tzafrir Cohen
> > <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:
> > >Yes. I have a version of our CD that boots from PXE. It took minor
> > >changes and rebuilding as a "PXE image", as Debian Live has basic
> > >support of that already.  For simplicity I figure you'll be after a
> > >system that has everything in the initrd, but this is not the case here.
> > >It mounts a network partition to do the rest. We use NFS. CIFS is also
> > >supported. 
> > 
> > Since ultimately the whole system will have to run from the CF card,
> > I'm looking for something that can be downloaded from a remote server
> > through PXE, and then run entirely from RAM.
> > 
> 
> Hi Vincent,
> Seems what you write is somehow misleading
> A) the whole the have to run from CF.
> Well fine, as long as the cf-disk is on-its-way, you can emulate it with
> an usb-stick/pen-drive. No neet for PXE anyway..
> 
> B) I'm looking for something that can be downloaded from a remote server
> through PXE, and then run entirely from RAM.
> Also fine, but why are you then waiting for the CF?

Run entirely from RAM? So if your image is 40MB, you waste 40MB of RAM
just to store it? This is where (A) becomes suddenly a lot nicer.
Especially if you can use union-mouting and thus to have to use such a
specific system.

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