From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1WrKav-00058c-HB for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:15:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WrKao-000543-MW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:15:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WrKag-0002oH-SG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:15:30 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f]:52727) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WrKag-0002nx-Km for grub-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:15:22 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f47.google.com with SMTP id pn19so2248648lab.20 for ; Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:15:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8POB944o+gW1nu+qbW9/xlie3/KYREdqiC0r3DZyv6c=; b=CZbWiIL7Rp8zpOaHwwEjduDlmcjOQIphedabHzkaw5e+64xEjhhGaYkOQpo9nVeF0e IgGlqhYm3zsyHxP+poJ3//59aPZzx49crxTYkgSKxJ0eb9ACFuxTbQNbnao0JAw/6odu rzhlajud/WzRzv7CZZ70tQYmFrZ9OgOmAxvtwkL3XKnLdneiOewbrg4a0qFS6iukmsGe WzO29ruSLeWwbGwjthDPFn4pzP0oRprZyw3LERHvPt6G5d0WC3zCjblNiwTk7FHn/KtI dLi9zKKBWITDTJ4x9HqmsL2ffVynNWxf/TLllcmlKpKEtx2dIDQ/maSFBEX3vv6k4jKT wXkA== X-Received: by 10.112.85.167 with SMTP id i7mr25005226lbz.32.1401686121148; Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from opensuse.site (ppp37-190-15-130.pppoe.spdop.ru. [37.190.15.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z1sm10230004lal.6.2014.06.01.22.15.20 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:15:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:15:19 +0400 From: Andrey Borzenkov To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: PXE boot over NFS please Message-ID: <20140602091519.11933ca5@opensuse.site> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f Cc: zaphod@berentweb.com X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 05:15:36 -0000 В Sun, 1 Jun 2014 20:53:27 +0300 Beeblebrox пишет: > In a previous discussion on this list, I was advised grub does not boot > over NFS, and that it must use TFTP only. > > I had asked the questionn because of this article [ > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pxe.html) where it states: > > gpxelinux.0 from the SYSLINUX project will be used as a PXE boot loader > > XUbuntu With NFS: This menu entry sets the netboot and nfsroot options. > "label xubuntu \ menu label XUbuntu \ kernel > images/xubuntu/casper/vmlinuz \ append boot=casper netboot=nfs \ > nfsroot=192.168.1.1:/usr/tftpboot/images/xubuntu \ initrd > images/xubuntu/casper/initrd.lz" > > I just wanted to advise that, although I have not tried it, SysLinux seems > able to boot over NFS. Where Linux kernel mounts its root filesystem from is hardly related to how bootloader obtains Linux kernel. > I hope one day Grub will be able to as well. > Implementing NFS client in grub is a lot of work for very little gain, especially if you are speaking about PXE which mandates working tftp server. What exact functionality is missing right now? > Thanks and Regards.