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- LeWaN - 2011-02-05 20:24
dushmaniac Wrote:there's no easy way to do that with the scripts I provide.
Too bad!
I run this script.
Code:
sudo mount -o bind /dev /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/dev
sudo mount -t proc none /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/proc
sudo mount -t sysfs none /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys
sudo mount -t devpts none /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/dev/pts
sudo cat << EOF > /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
#!/bin/sh
exit 101
EOF
sudo chmod +x /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d
sudo chroot /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/targetThen I run: apt-get install xorg gdm gnome-core
apt-get wants to delete xbmc-diskless-client
Code:
Removing xbmc-diskless-client ...
No diversion `diversion of /usr/bin/update-notifier by xbmc-diskless', none removed
No diversion `diversion of /usr/bin/nm-applet by xbmc-diskless', none removed
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ltsp-client-core: file does not exist
dpkg: error processing xbmc-diskless-client (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
xbmc-diskless-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)Can I delete xbmc-diskless-client or must it be there? How to remove if I can..?
Or how do I get the gnome desktop with wine, firefox, spotify and all necessary.
- opdenkamp - 2011-02-06 04:20
if you delete the xbmc-diskless-client, your client won't boot anymore (as diskless client) because it'll delete the initramfs script needed to boot.
if you want to run a full ubuntu client instead of just xbmc, you should be using ltsp or something like that, not this package.
- LeWaN - 2011-02-06 15:44
dushmaniac Wrote:if you delete the xbmc-diskless-client, your client won't boot anymore (as diskless client) because it'll delete the initramfs script needed to boot.
if you want to run a full ubuntu client instead of just xbmc, you should be using ltsp or something like that, not this package.
I can google it ..
Thanks!
Good stuff otherwise, shame is not enough for me.
- spartan711 - 2011-02-07 04:33
I was researching on how to do this with Windows, and it turns out you can boot a windows 7 image using iSCSI? I have experience using nlite/vlite and I think this would be the perfect solution for me (netflix, bitstreaming, etc using ATI hardware). I don't have experience with iSCSI however. Can anyone knowledgeable point me to a good resource? Is there any special hardware required, besides a server?
http://www.thogan.com/site2/archives/10
- spartan711 - 2011-02-10 03:38
bump
- opdenkamp - 2011-02-10 09:55
no special hardware requirements, except for the clients that need network card / bios that supports pxe.
there are lots of manuals around for windows and iscsi. just google it.
- wyild1 - 2011-02-19 21:22
Morning
I seem to be having an issue. I am using a DD-WRT router as the DHCP server and I believe it is working correctly, but when i boot I just get a file not found after the DHCP request. I was digging around trying to figure it out and i saw in your checklist to check a file /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default but that file isnt on my system
Code:
root@BITCHTITS:/var/lib/xbmc-diskless# cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
cat: /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default: No such file or directory
root@BITCHTITS:/var/lib/tftpboot# ls -la /var/lib/tftpboot/
total 13948
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-02-19 01:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 2011-02-18 12:14 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10203243 2011-02-19 12:47 initrd.img
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-04-26 02:55 ltsp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4037888 2011-02-19 12:47 vmlinuz
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-02-18 12:14 xbmc-netbootI can see the tftp service is running:
Code:
root@BITCHTITS:/var/lib/xbmc-diskless# ps waux | grep tftp
root 5833 0.0 0.0 14796 332 ? Ss Feb18 0:00 /usr/sbin/in.tftpd --listen --user tftp --address 0.0.0.0:69 --secure /var/lib/tftpboot
root 24890 0.0 0.0 7432 912 pts/8 S+ 13:11 0:00 grep tftpAnd i dont see a pxelinux.cfg anywhere on my system
Code:
root@BITCHTITS:/var/lib/tftpboot# updatedb
root@BITCHTITS:/var/lib/tftpboot# locate pxelinux
/usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0
/usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.txt.gz
/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0
/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/usr/share/doc/syslinux/pxelinux.txt.gzAny suggestions?
Cheers!
- opdenkamp - 2011-02-19 21:56
create a directory /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg and create a file "default" in that dir.
put this in the file:
Code:
DEFAULT vmlinuz ro initrd=initrd.img nbdroot=x.x.x.x nbdport=2000 xbmcdir=nfs=x.x.x.x:/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/overlay xbmc=autostart quiet splash- wyild1 - 2011-02-19 22:14
Cheers mang. That worked. Sooo its a x64 install? I thought it would have been 32bit. Was testing on my eeepc and it wouldnt boot because its a x64 version and that CPU is not.
Anyway to do a 32 bit? All i did was type lucid in the install distro thingy
- wyild1 - 2011-02-19 22:17
Hmmm ok maybe i understand a bit more. The pxelinux file is x64 because the server is x64. So how/where can i get a different pxelinux.0. I didnt see any created when i made the image