[LINUX] HOW-TO create a XBMC server for diskless PXE network booting clients

vikjon0 · 2010-10-27 13:16

if you decide to include it, I have now created a auto config of dnsmasq (well, stole most of the code of course)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=3

Needs run on start as root..not sure how to do that.

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-27 13:22

I'll look into it before the next release. thanks for the info Smile

Anastrophe · 2010-10-27 16:57

Amazing stuff, thanks so much for working on this!

Anastrophe · 2010-10-28 17:29

are there any log files to check as I get to 25% of compressing image and it stays there for >24hrs?

no PPA selected if that helps

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-28 18:13

you can check a log of the installation in /var/log/xbmc-diskless.log for a complete installation log. the "mksquashfs" itself isn't logged.

if you want to see what the compression does, execute this:

Code:

rm -f /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/images/xbmc.img-new

mksquashfs /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/images/xbmc.img-new -e cdrom -no-recovery

Anastrophe · 2010-10-28 19:07

strange, it get to about 2% and then has hundreds on no file found errors. When I run the script again and choose official PPA it takes me straight back to the main menu, the PVR PPA seems to work though (spoke too soon as after entering additional pacakes and xbmc password screen it downloads something for about 10secs and then bck to main screen again)

The log contains lots of permission errors:

Quote:/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/usb_storage/sections/.bss': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/usb_storage/sections/.symtab': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/usb_storage/sections/.strtab': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/usb_storage/notes/.note.gnu.build-id': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/usb_storage/drivers/usb:usb-storage': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove directory `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/holders': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/srcversion': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/initstate': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/refcnt': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.note.gnu.build-id': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.text': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.exit.text': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.altinstr_replacement': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.init.text': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.rodata': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.altinstructions': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.rodata.str1.1': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.rodata.str1.4': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.smp_locks': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.parainstructions': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/__bug_table': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/__param': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/__mcount_loc': Operation not permitted
/bin/rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys/module/jfs/sections/.data': Operation not permitted

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-28 23:28

hmm strange, I'll look into that. think the process aborted somewhere while running and didn't umount properly.

could you pastebin the log up till the errors please?

before trying again, do this:

Code:

sudo umount /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/sys

sudo umount /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/proc

sudo umount /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target/dev

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/xbmc-diskless/target

thanks for reporting this issue.

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-29 19:25

found a bug that prevents /target/dev from umounting sometimes. I'll add some more checks in the next version.

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-30 19:49

a new version has been published

fixes:

added some more checks
improved error handling
improved logging
the "installation gauge" is more precise now
fixed mount checks
limit rm with --one-filesystem so /dev can't be removed accidently
some cleanups

**opdenkamp** · 2010-10-30 19:51

@Anastrophe:
please try again with this package and pastebin the log if it still fails.

vikjon0 --- Posts: 2,429 Joined: Apr 2009 Reputation: 7 Location: Sweden	2010-10-27 13:16 Post: #11 if you decide to include it, I have now created a auto config of dnsmasq (well, stole most of the code of course) http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1...ostcount=3 Needs run on start as root..not sure how to do that.
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Anastrophe Donor Posts: 236 Joined: Mar 2004 Reputation: 0 Location: Dubai, UAE	2010-10-27 16:57 Post: #13 Amazing stuff, thanks so much for working on this!
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Anastrophe Donor Posts: 236 Joined: Mar 2004 Reputation: 0 Location: Dubai, UAE	2010-10-28 17:29 Post: #14 are there any log files to check as I get to 25% of compressing image and it stays there for >24hrs? no PPA selected if that helps
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