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Hi,
I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my
thinstation server.
I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
tftpboot dir.
But it just doesn't work :
At client boot, I got this message :
mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or
directory
(just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type
a wrong cp command)
Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite
looping message.
I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
at client boot).
I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
/var/log/syslog during client boot).
I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though
What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it
work ?
Thanks for your help
E.T.
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On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for your
network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine list.
Elio
On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my
> thinstation server.
> I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
> tftpboot dir.
> But it just doesn't work :
> At client boot, I got this message :
> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or
> directory
>
> (just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type
> a wrong cp command)
>
> Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite
> looping message.
>
> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
> pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
> at client boot).
>
> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>
> I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though
>
> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it
> work ?
>
>
> Thanks for your help
> E.T.
>
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Hi,
Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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If that's not the case, maybe it's a failure to read FASTBOOT_URL
variable. I've set it at pxelinux.cfg/default:
APPEND .... FASTBOOT_URL=ftp://x.x.x.x/pub/thinstation
Elio
On 19-05-2017 13:44, Eric Trezel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
>> On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for
>> your network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine
>> list.
>>
> This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC I use for all my
> thinstation tests, for a long time.
> I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
> I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I launched busybox on
> tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
> Just for the record : I also tested with autonet rather than netwokmanager
>
> E.T.
>
>> Elio
>>
>>
>> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my
>>> thinstation server.
>>> I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>>> tftpboot dir.
>>> But it just doesn't work :
>>> At client boot, I got this message :
>>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or
>>> directory
>>>
>>> (just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type
>>> a wrong cp command)
>>>
>>> Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite
>>> looping message.
>>>
>>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>>> at client boot).
>>>
>>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>>
>>> I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though
>>>
>>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it
>>> work ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help
>>> E.T.
>>>
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Fastboot needs to know where to look to find the lib.squash. We tell where by putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build. You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi, Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit : > On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for > your network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine > list. > This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC I use for all my thinstation tests, for a long time. I only changed fast boot options in conf files. I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I launched busybox on tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK) Just for the record : I also tested with autonet rather than netwokmanager E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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After many more tests, I finally managed to get fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the
fastboot_url options to the append line in my pxelinux.cfg/default
file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to use its IP
Address. It seems that name resolution isn't ready at the time
lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place of server's
name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's address (with or
without quotes, with or without <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://">http:// at the beginning...). I
can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk about
"squash lag". Does this option affect performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster on my
network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot option). Maybe I
should only have used the net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for
initrd loading, or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be usefull for
others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a forum
(Don's advice that solved someone's issue with fastboot). I'm not
sure it's usefull, but I didn't try back with "squashfs" since it
works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/" (without quotes) at the
end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server, of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le 19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don Cupp a
écrit :
Fastboot
needs to know where to look to find the lib.squash. We tell
where by putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I think
4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build. You just
need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in addition to
vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means you didn't
include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have the needed
module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC
I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I
launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with autonet
rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm
trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true" in
build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop
device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error message
from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory messages
about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such
file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in
thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck
(exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp
server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet too, with
no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me
the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime finally works.
I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the LM=# which
Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because, that's the
value I found in default file built by thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my previous
summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot somewhere ? I
didn't find all this on the net, and I know you don't have time
enough to make all the doc. If I could help this way, tell me. It
won't be a complete doc, of course, but at least the basics to have
it working in most cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
Le 19/05/2017 à 18:07, Eric Trezel a
écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the
fastboot_url options to the append line in my pxelinux.cfg/default
file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to use its
IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't ready at the time
lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place of
server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's address
(with or without quotes, with or without <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://"
moz-do-not-send="true">http:// at the beginning...). I can't
understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk about
"squash lag". Does this option affect performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster on my
network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot option). Maybe I
should only have used the net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for
initrd loading, or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be usefull
for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays like
this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a forum
(Don's advice that solved someone's issue with fastboot). I'm not
sure it's usefull, but I didn't try back with "squashfs" since it
works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL=http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server, of
course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le 19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don Cupp a
écrit :
Fastboot
needs to know where to look to find the lib.squash. We tell
where by putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I
think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build.
You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in
addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le 19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means you didn't
include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have the
needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with the same
PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I
launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with autonet
rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm
trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true" in
build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup
loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error message
from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory messages
about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such
file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in
thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck
(exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in
tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet too,
with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain
me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Yes please. At least it will be started. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhoneOn Friday, May 19, 2017, 9:30 AM, Eric Trezel <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime finally works.
I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the LM=# which
Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because, that's the
value I found in default file built by thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my previous
summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot somewhere ? I
didn't find all this on the net, and I know you don't have time
enough to make all the doc. If I could help this way, tell me. It
won't be a complete doc, of course, but at least the basics to have
it working in most cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">19/05/2017 à 18:07, Eric Trezel a
écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the
fastboot_url options to the append line in my pxelinux.cfg/default
file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to use its
IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't ready at the time
lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place of
server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's address
(with or without quotes, with or without http:// at the beginning...). I can't
understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk about
"squash lag". Does this option affect performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster on my
network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot option). Maybe I
should only have used the net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for
initrd loading, or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be usefull
for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays like
this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a forum
(Don's advice that solved someone's issue with fastboot). I'm not
sure it's usefull, but I didn't try back with "squashfs" since it
works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server, of
course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don Cupp a
écrit :
Fastboot
needs to know where to look to find the lib.squash. We tell
where by putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I
think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build.
You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in
addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5">19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means you didn't
include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have the
needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with the same
PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf files.
I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I
launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with autonet
rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm
trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true" in
build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup
loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error message
from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory messages
about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such
file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in
thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no more luck
(exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for lib.squash in
tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet too,
with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone explain
me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Hi, Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize everything I did to get fastboot working. If it can help as fastboot doc starting point. I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to decide ;-) Regards E.T.
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes please. At least it will be started.
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On Friday, May 19, 2017, 9:30 AM, Eric Trezel <[hidden email]> wrote:
Hi back, The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf : In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail. I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because, that's the value I found in default file built by thinstation (build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default) This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my previous summary. Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I know you don't have time enough to make all the doc. If I could help this way, tell me. It won't be a complete doc, of course, but at least the basics to have it working in most cases, that can be completed. E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017">19/05/2017 à 18:07, Eric Trezel a écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get fastboot working. As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the fastboot_url options to the append line in my pxelinux.cfg/default file. BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't ready at the time lib.squash should be downloaded. However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's address (with or without quotes, with or without http:// at the beginning...). I can't understand why. I have two more questions : In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk about "squash lag". Does this option affect performances of clients ? I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster on my network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot option). Maybe I should only have used the net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd loading, or only for conf files, later ? To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be usefull for others) : - Activate in build.conf : param fastboot true package autonet (package networkmanager was already commented, and stays like this) param initrdcmd "gzip -9" (this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue with fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I didn't try back with "squashfs" since it works for me) - In pxelinux.cfg/default : add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/" (without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line (put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server, of course. Thanks for your help E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017">19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don Cupp a écrit :
Fastboot needs to know where to look to find the lib.squash. We tell where by putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build. You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi, Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017">19/05/2017 à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit : > On my experience, that usually means you didn't include support for > your network card. Make sure you have the needed module on the machine > list. > This is not my case. I made the tests with the same PC I use for all my thinstation tests, for a long time. I only changed fast boot options in conf files. I looked at net conf on the client after boot (I launched busybox on tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK) Just for the record : I also tested with autonet rather than netwokmanager E.T. > Elio > > > On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I discovered a fastboot option, and I'm trying to enable it on my >> thinstation server. >> I activated "param fastboot true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash in >> tftpboot dir. >> But it just doesn't work : >> At client boot, I got this message : >> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to setup loop device : no such file or >> directory >> >> (just before that, I got an error message from cp, just as when you type >> a wrong cp command) >> >> Then no such device or directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and >> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' : no such file or directory" infinite >> looping message. >> >> I tried adding a fast_boot_url option in thinstation.conf.buildtime, >> pointing to a web server, with no more luck (exactly the same behaviour >> at client boot). >> >> I can't see no request for lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f >> /var/log/syslog during client boot). >> >> I tried to activate package autonet too, with no more result, though >> >> What am I missing ? Could someone explain me the correct way to make it >> work ? >> >> >> Thanks for your help >> E.T. >> > -- Eric Trezel ----------- Technicien de maintenance informatique Direction du Système d'Information Université de Limoges 123 Av. Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex Tél : <a dir="ltr" href="tel:05%2087%2008%2008%2041">05 87 08 08 41 Num de poste : 38 41 Accueil : <a dir="ltr" href="tel:05%2087%2008%2008%2000">05 87 08 08 00 Web : http://www.unilim.fr/
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Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes issues with USB key
in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP session, but
it's not writable (there is place on the device, but an error
message is telling me space is not sufficient : exactly the file's
size missing on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a known solution
for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le 22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel a
écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize
everything I did to get fastboot working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to decide
;-)
Regards
E.T.
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes
please. At least it will be started.
Sent
from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Friday, May
19, 2017, 9:30 AM, Eric Trezel [hidden email]
wrote:
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime
finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the
LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because,
that's the value I found in default file built by
thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my
previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot
somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I know
you don't have time enough to make all the doc. If I could
help this way, tell me. It won't be a complete doc, of
course, but at least the basics to have it working in most
cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr"
href="tel:19/05/2017" moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017
à 18:07, Eric Trezel a écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get
fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the
fastboot_url options to the append line in my
pxelinux.cfg/default file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to
use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't
ready at the time lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place
of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's
address (with or without quotes, with or without http:// at the beginning...).
I can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk
about "squash lag". Does this option affect performances
of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster
on my network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot
option). Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd loading, or
only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be
usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays
like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a
forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue with
fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I didn't try
back with "squashfs" since it works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server,
of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le <a dir="ltr"
href="tel:19/05/2017" moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017
à 15:54, Don Cupp a écrit :
Fastboot needs to know where to look
to find the lib.squash. We tell where by putting LM=#
at the end of the kernel cmd line. I think 4 is for
PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build. You just
need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in
addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à
13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means
you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have
the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with
the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf
files.
I looked at net conf on the client after
boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with
autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and
I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true"
in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message
:
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to
setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error
message from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory
messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' :
no such file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url
option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no
more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for
lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client
boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet
too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone
explain me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Are you using fastboot in addition to the overlay package? You might try disabling or enabling that in addition to fastboot and see if you get what you want.
Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes issues with USB key
in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP session, but
it's not writable (there is place on the device, but an error
message is telling me space is not sufficient : exactly the file's
size missing on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a known solution
for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le 22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel a
écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize
everything I did to get fastboot working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to decide
;-)
Regards
E.T.
Eric Trezel
-----------
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Direction du Système d'Information
Université de Limoges
123 Av. Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex
Tél : 05 87 08 08 41
Num de poste : 38 41
Accueil : 05 87 08 08 00
Web : http://www.unilim.fr/
Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes
please. At least it will be started.
Sent
from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime
finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the
LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because,
that's the value I found in default file built by
thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my
previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot
somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I know
you don't have time enough to make all the doc. If I could
help this way, tell me. It won't be a complete doc, of
course, but at least the basics to have it working in most
cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
After many more tests, I finally managed to get
fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add the
fastboot_url options to the append line in my
pxelinux.cfg/default file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to
use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't
ready at the time lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place
of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's
address (with or without quotes, with or without http:// at the beginning...).
I can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you talk
about "squash lag". Does this option affect performances
of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more faster
on my network than tftp (that's why I tried fastboot
option). Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd loading, or
only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be
usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays
like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on a
forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue with
fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I didn't try
back with "squashfs" since it works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web server,
of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Fastboot needs to know where to look
to find the lib.squash. We tell where by putting LM=#
at the end of the kernel cmd line. I think 4 is for
PXE, but the cmd is updated with every build. You just
need to copy the pxelinux.cfg with every build in
addition to vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le 19/05/2017 à
13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means
you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have
the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with
the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf
files.
I looked at net conf on the client after
boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with
autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option, and
I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true"
in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this message
:
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed to
setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error
message from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory
messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty' :
no such file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url
option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no
more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for
lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client
boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package autonet
too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone
explain me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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We also have that issue. Try to create a folder on the USB key and
then copy the files into that folder. Surprisingly, that works for
us...
Elio
On 23-05-2017 12:57, Eric Trezel wrote:
Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes issues with USB
key in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP session, but
it's not writable (there is place on the device, but an error
message is telling me space is not sufficient : exactly the file's
size missing on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a known solution
for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le 22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel a
écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize
everything I did to get fastboot working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to decide
;-)
Regards
E.T.
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes
please. At least it will be started.
Sent
from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Friday, May
19, 2017, 9:30 AM, Eric Trezel [hidden email]
wrote:
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime
finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the
LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because,
that's the value I found in default file built by
thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my
previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot
somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I
know you don't have time enough to make all the doc. If
I could help this way, tell me. It won't be a complete
doc, of course, but at least the basics to have it
working in most cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
Le <a
dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à 18:07, Eric
Trezel a écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get
fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add
the fastboot_url options to the append line in my
pxelinux.cfg/default file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had to
use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution isn't
ready at the time lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in place
of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the server's
address (with or without quotes, with or without http:// at the
beginning...). I can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you
talk about "squash lag". Does this option affect
performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more
faster on my network than tftp (that's why I tried
fastboot option). Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd loading,
or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually be
usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and stays
like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this on
a forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue with
fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I didn't try
back with "squashfs" since it works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web
server, of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le <a
dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don
Cupp a écrit :
Fastboot needs to know where to
look to find the lib.squash. We tell where by
putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I
think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with
every build. You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg
with every build in addition to vmlinuz, initrd and
lib.squash
Hi,
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à
13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually means
you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you have
the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests with
the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf
files.
I looked at net conf on the client after
boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was
OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with
autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option,
and I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot true"
in build.conf, and put lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this
message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed
to setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an error
message from cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or directory
messages about /etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run '/sbin/agetty'
: no such file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url
option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with no
more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for
lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client
boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package
autonet too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could someone
explain me the correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Don : I tried disabling overlayfs, it doesn't change anything.
Elio : I can create folders, delete them, and delete files that were
on the key, but no way to copy a file, even in a new folder. It
always returns a message telling that xxMo are necessary (xx is
exactly the file's size, and of course, the key's not full)
Really weird....
Thanks
E.T.
Le 23/05/2017 à 17:34, Elio Coutinho a
écrit :
We also have that issue. Try to create a folder on the USB key and
then copy the files into that folder. Surprisingly, that works for
us...
Elio
On 23-05-2017 12:57, Eric Trezel
wrote:
Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes issues with USB
key in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP session,
but it's not writable (there is place on the device, but an
error message is telling me space is not sufficient : exactly
the file's size missing on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a known
solution for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le 22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel
a écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize
everything I did to get fastboot working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to
decide ;-)
Regards
E.T.
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes
please. At least it will be started.
Sent
from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
On Friday,
May 19, 2017, 9:30 AM, Eric Trezel [hidden email]
wrote:
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime
finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the
LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because,
that's the value I found in default file built by
thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my
previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot
somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I
know you don't have time enough to make all the doc.
If I could help this way, tell me. It won't be a
complete doc, of course, but at least the basics to
have it working in most cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
Le <a
dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à 18:07,
Eric Trezel a écrit :
After many more tests, I finally managed to get
fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add
the fastboot_url options to the append line in my
pxelinux.cfg/default file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had
to use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution
isn't ready at the time lib.squash should be
downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in
place of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the
server's address (with or without quotes, with or
without http:// at
the beginning...). I can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you
talk about "squash lag". Does this option affect
performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more
faster on my network than tftp (that's why I tried
fastboot option). Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd
loading, or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually
be usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and
stays like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this
on a forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue
with fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I
didn't try back with "squashfs" since it works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web
server, of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Le <a
dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017 à 15:54, Don
Cupp a écrit :
Fastboot needs to know where to
look to find the lib.squash. We tell where by
putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I
think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with
every build. You just need to copy the
pxelinux.cfg with every build in addition to
vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le <a dir="ltr" href="tel:19/05/2017"
moz-do-not-send="true">19/05/2017
à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually
means you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you
have the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests
with the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf
files.
I looked at net conf on the client after
boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was
OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with
autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option,
and I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot
true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash
in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this
message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed
to setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an
error message from cp, just as when you
type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or
directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and
rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run
'/sbin/agetty' : no such file or
directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url
option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with
no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for
lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client
boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package
autonet too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could
someone explain me the correct way to
make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Which RDP client? This has to be an issue with the way that the client is determining free space of the usb drive. Fastboot is essentially just a bunch of links in an initramfs. There is no runtime, so the only code in play is that of the RDP client. At this point, I would say it is a bug in the client, not something inherently wrong with fastboot.
Don : I tried disabling overlayfs, it doesn't change anything.
Elio : I can create folders, delete them, and delete files that were
on the key, but no way to copy a file, even in a new folder. It
always returns a message telling that xxMo are necessary (xx is
exactly the file's size, and of course, the key's not full)
Really weird....
Thanks
E.T.
Le 23/05/2017 à 17:34, Elio Coutinho a
écrit :
We also have that issue. Try to create a folder on the USB key and
then copy the files into that folder. Surprisingly, that works for
us...
Elio
On 23-05-2017 12:57, Eric Trezel
wrote:
Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes issues with USB
key in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP session,
but it's not writable (there is place on the device, but an
error message is telling me space is not sufficient : exactly
the file's size missing on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a known
solution for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le 22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel
a écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that summarize
everything I did to get fastboot working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to you to
decide ;-)
Regards
E.T.
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-----------
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes
please. At least it will be started.
Sent
from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in thinstation.conf.buildtime
finally works. I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you have to add the
LM=# which Don talked about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe files), because,
that's the value I found in default file built by
thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot it in my
previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about fastboot
somewhere ? I didn't find all this on the net, and I
know you don't have time enough to make all the doc.
If I could help this way, tell me. It won't be a
complete doc, of course, but at least the basics to
have it working in most cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
After many more tests, I finally managed to get
fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I had to add
the fastboot_url options to the append line in my
pxelinux.cfg/default file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's name : I had
to use its IP Address. It seems that name resolution
isn't ready at the time lib.squash should be
downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate this option in
thistation.conf.buildtime, even with IP Address in
place of server's name. I tried many syntaxes for the
server's address (with or without quotes, with or
without http:// at
the beginning...). I can't understand why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param fastboot), you
talk about "squash lag". Does this option affect
performances of clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is much more
faster on my network than tftp (that's why I tried
fastboot option). Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for initrd
loading, or only for conf files, later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could eventually
be usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already commented, and
stays like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I found this
on a forum (Don's advice that solved someone's issue
with fastboot). I'm not sure it's usefull, but I
didn't try back with "squashfs" since it works for me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on the web
server, of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Fastboot needs to know where to
look to find the lib.squash. We tell where by
putting LM=# at the end of the kernel cmd line. I
think 4 is for PXE, but the cmd is updated with
every build. You just need to copy the
pxelinux.cfg with every build in addition to
vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le 19/05/2017
à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
> On my experience, that usually
means you didn't include support for
> your network card. Make sure you
have the needed module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made the tests
with the same PC I use for all my
thinstation tests, for a long time.
I only changed fast boot options in conf
files.
I looked at net conf on the client after
boot (I launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) : everything was
OK)
Just for the record : I also tested with
autonet rather than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31, Eric Trezel
wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a fastboot option,
and I'm trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param fastboot
true" in build.conf, and put lib.squash
in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't work :
>> At client boot, I got this
message :
>> mount : /tmp/lib.squash: failed
to setup loop device : no such file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that, I got an
error message from cp, just as when you
type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device or
directory messages about /etc/rc.2 and
rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run
'/sbin/agetty' : no such file or
directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a fast_boot_url
option in thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web server, with
no more luck (exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no request for
lib.squash in tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog during client
boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate package
autonet too, with no more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ? Could
someone explain me the correct way to
make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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Le 24/05/2017 à 01:03, Don Cupp a
écrit :
xfreerdp
This has to be an
issue with the way that the client is determining free space
of the usb drive.
It's exactly that. The felling is that only file and folders are
mounted, not free space !
Fastboot is
essentially just a bunch of links in an initramfs. There is
no runtime, so the only code in play is that of the RDP
client. At this point, I would say it is a bug in the
client, not something inherently wrong with fastboot.
I think about fastboot, because without this option, I don't have no
issue with USB keys (using exactly the same packages and conf
files).
Something weird : On my RDP session, I can see a "usb on
clientname", in which my usb key appears (sdb1), when I plug it in
the client. I can't add a file in sdb1 (usb key folder), but I can
do what I want in the "usb on clientname" folder.
Can you tell me which part of thinstation (in the chroot) is dealing
with usb mounting ? I'd like to take a look a the code to try to
find out what is going wrong ?
Thanks
E.T.
Don : I tried disabling overlayfs, it doesn't
change anything.
Elio : I can create folders, delete them, and delete
files that were on the key, but no way to copy a
file, even in a new folder. It always returns a
message telling that xxMo are necessary (xx is
exactly the file's size, and of course, the key's
not full)
Really weird....
Thanks
E.T.
Le
23/05/2017 à 17:34, Elio Coutinho a écrit :
We also have that issue. Try to create a folder
on the USB key and then copy the files into that
folder. Surprisingly, that works for us...
Elio
On
23-05-2017 12:57, Eric Trezel wrote:
Hi,
I finally abandonned fastboot, because it causes
issues with USB key in an RDP session :
When I plug an USB key in client, I see it in my RDP
session, but it's not writable (there is place on
the device, but an error message is telling me space
is not sufficient : exactly the file's size missing
on device).
Am I the only one to meet that problem ? Is there a
known solution for this ?
Thanks
E.T.
Le
22/05/2017 à 16:03, Eric Trezel a écrit :
Hi,
Joined to this mail, you'll find a txt file that
summarize everything I did to get fastboot
working.
If it can help as fastboot doc starting point.
I don't know where you want to post it. It's up to
you to decide ;-)
Regards
E.T.
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Le 2017-05-19 19:19, Don Cupp a écrit :
Yes please.
At least it will be started.
Sent from Yahoo Mail
for iPhone
Hi back,
The FASTBOOT_URL option in
thinstation.conf.buildtime finally works.
I just forgot a little piece of conf :
In your pxelinux.cfg/default file, you
have to add the LM=# which Don talked
about in his previous mail.
I put LM=3 in mine (I use my own pxe
files), because, that's the value I found
in default file built by thinstation
(build/boot-images/pxe/boot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default)
This LM option has to be present, I forgot
it in my previous summary.
Do you want me to make a clean doc about
fastboot somewhere ? I didn't find all
this on the net, and I know you don't have
time enough to make all the doc. If I
could help this way, tell me. It won't be
a complete doc, of course, but at least
the basics to have it working in most
cases, that can be completed.
E.T.
After many more tests, I finally
managed to get fastboot working.
As Elio Coutinho wrote in his last mail, I
had to add the fastboot_url options to the
append line in my pxelinux.cfg/default
file.
BUT it didn't work with the web server's
name : I had to use its IP Address. It
seems that name resolution isn't ready at
the time lib.squash should be downloaded.
However, it doesn't work if I activate
this option in thistation.conf.buildtime,
even with IP Address in place of server's
name. I tried many syntaxes for the
server's address (with or without quotes,
with or without http://
at the beginning...). I can't understand
why.
I have two more questions :
In build.conf file (comments to param
fastboot), you talk about "squash lag".
Does this option affect performances of
clients ?
I noticed http (wget) loading of files is
much more faster on my network than tftp
(that's why I tried fastboot option).
Maybe I should only have used the
net_file_method=wget ? Does it work for
initrd loading, or only for conf files,
later ?
To summarize what I finally did (it could
eventually be usefull for others) :
- Activate in build.conf :
param fastboot true
package autonet
(package networkmanager was already
commented, and stays like this)
param initrdcmd "gzip -9"
(this option contained "squashfs" first, I
found this on a forum (Don's advice that
solved someone's issue with fastboot). I'm
not sure it's usefull, but I didn't try
back with "squashfs" since it works for
me)
- In pxelinux.cfg/default :
add "FASTBOOT_URL= http://ip.of.web.server/"
(without quotes) at the end of the
APPEND... line
(put the lib.squash file in this place on
the web server, of course.
Thanks for your help
E.T.
Fastboot
needs to know where to look to find
the lib.squash. We tell where by
putting LM=# at the end of the kernel
cmd line. I think 4 is for PXE, but
the cmd is updated with every build.
You just need to copy the pxelinux.cfg
with every build in addition to
vmlinuz, initrd and lib.squash
Hi,
Le 19/05/2017
à 13:03, Elio Coutinho a
écrit :
> On my experience, that
usually means you didn't
include support for
> your network card. Make
sure you have the needed
module on the machine
> list.
>
This is not my case. I made
the tests with the same PC I
use for all my
thinstation tests, for a
long time.
I only changed fast boot
options in conf files.
I looked at net conf on the
client after boot (I
launched busybox on
tty2 and used ifconfig) :
everything was OK)
Just for the record : I also
tested with autonet rather
than netwokmanager
E.T.
> Elio
>
>
> On 19-05-2017 10:31,
Eric Trezel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered a
fastboot option, and I'm
trying to enable it on my
>> thinstation server.
>> I activated "param
fastboot true" in
build.conf, and put
lib.squash in
>> tftpboot dir.
>> But it just doesn't
work :
>> At client boot, I
got this message :
>> mount :
/tmp/lib.squash: failed to
setup loop device : no such
file or
>> directory
>>
>> (just before that,
I got an error message from
cp, just as when you type
>> a wrong cp command)
>>
>> Then no such device
or directory messages about
/etc/rc.2 and rc.5, and
>> finally "can't run
'/sbin/agetty' : no such
file or directory" infinite
>> looping message.
>>
>> I tried adding a
fast_boot_url option in
thinstation.conf.buildtime,
>> pointing to a web
server, with no more luck
(exactly the same behaviour
>> at client boot).
>>
>> I can't see no
request for lib.squash in
tftp server log (tail -f
>> /var/log/syslog
during client boot).
>>
>> I tried to activate
package autonet too, with no
more result, though
>>
>> What am I missing ?
Could someone explain me the
correct way to make it
>> work ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your
help
>> E.T.
>>
>
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informatique
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d'Information
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