Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of PXE_Boot_HowTo

Timestamp:

04/24/18 13:39:30 (6 years ago)

Author:

stresslinux

Comment:

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PXE_Boot_HowTo

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 '''Requirements:'''
 - System with DHCP & TFTP setup
-- Stresslinux x86_64 (for now the development build 0.7.190)
-  (32bit version is not supported and you can expect problems with it!)
-- A host to run stresslinux on (x86_64 architecture and enough memory - 1.5GB required, image is loaded completly to RAM).
+- Stresslinux x86_64 (for now the development build 1.0.3)
+
+- A host to run stresslinux on (x86_64 architecture and enough memory - 4GB required, image is loaded completly to RAM).
 
 '''HowTo:'''
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 Download stresslinux pxe edition (currently from testing directory)
- -> http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/11.4/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.24-pxe.tar.bz2
+ -> http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/42.3/stresslinux.x86_64-1.0.3-Build18.49.tgz
+
 and extract it in image/ directory.
 {{{
- wget http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/11.4/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.24-pxe.tar.bz2 -O /tftpboot/image/stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.24-pxe.tar.bz2
+ wget http://www.stresslinux.org/testing/images/42.3/stresslinux.x86_64-1.0.3-Build18.49.tgz -O /tftpboot/image/stresslinux.x86_64-1.0.3-Build18.49.tgz
  cd /tftpboot/image
- tar xfj stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190-Build1.24-pxe.tar.bz2
+ tar xfz stresslinux.x86_64-1.0.3-Build18.49.tgz
 }}}
 
 Get the expected ramdisk size from image with the following command:
 {{{
-gunzip -l stresslinux_11.4.x86_64-0.7.190.gz |tail -n1|awk '{print $2 / 1024 + 1024}'
+gunzip -l stresslinux.x86_64-1.0.3.gz |tail -n1|awk '{print $2 / 1024 + 1024}'
 }}}
 
-You will get a value similar to: 1111040
+You will get a value similar to: 1951744
 
 Edit pxelinux.cfg/default file an replace current ramdisk_size with this value.