[syslinux] Convert ISOLINUX into PXELINUX

[Jeff Sadowski]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> Mathieu Terrasson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I work on a solution for school including Eyeos and thinclient, iwant
>> to convert syplinux ISO into syplinux Pxeboot, is there a way to
>> do that ?
>>
>> Actually i'm using PXELINUX, When I boot the SYPLINUX.GZ (extract from
>> the iso) I get this error :
>>
>> VFS: Cannit open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(3,5)
>> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,5)
>>
>> Is the error comes from PXELINUX configuation, or the image ?
>>
>
> It's coming from the image.  You have successfully booted the image, but
>  it is then looking for the CD-ROM and not finding it.
>
>        -hpa
>
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you might want to have a look at my pxe boot stuff I did for slax
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=367

you could modify the initrd to use httpfs