download the initrd ISO here:
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/current/
http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/current/dsl-4.4.10-initrd.iso
(Thanks to heanet.ie for the very fast mirror.)
loopback mount the iso:
sudo mount -o loop dsl-4.4.10-initrd.iso /mnt/iso
sudo cp -pR /mnt/iso /tftpboot/linux-install/DSL
network settings
dhcp/pxeboot server - ip: 192.168.1.1
pxeclient - ip: 192.168.1.23
mac address: 00:18:fe:30:d1:f4
in /etc/dhcpd.conf:
#DSL boot
host LX0050 {
next-server 192.168.1.1;
hardware ethernet 00:18:fe:30:d1:f4;
fixed-address 192.168.1.23;
filename "linux-install/pxelinux.0";
}
TFTP layout:
/tftpboot/linux-install/DSL/ |-- boot.cat |-- boot.msg |-- f2 |-- f3 |-- german.kbd |-- isolinux.bin |-- linux24 |-- logo.16 `-- minirt24.gz
in /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/, i have a file named dsl.cfg
with ff contents:
PROMPT 1 DISPLAY DSL/boot.msg F1 DSL/boot.msg F2 DSL/f2 F3 DSL/f3 LABEL dsl KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce noapic quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL memtest KERNEL memtest APPEND initrd= LABEL dsl-txt KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=normal initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce noapic quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL expert KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce BOOT_IMAGE=expert LABEL fb1280x1024 KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=794 xmodule=fbdev initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce noapic quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL fb1024x768 KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 xmodule=fbdev initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce noapic quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL fb800x600 KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=788 xmodule=fbdev initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz nomce noapic quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL lowram KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=normal initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz noscsi noideraid nosound nousb nofirewire noicons minimal nomce noapic noapm quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL install KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=normal initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz noscsi noideraid nosound nofirewire legacy base norestore _install_ nomce noapic noapm quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL failsafe KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us vga=normal atapicd nosound noscsi nousb nopcmcia nofirewire noagp nomce nodhcp xmodule=vesa initrd=DSL/minirt24.gz BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix LABEL userdef KERNEL DSL/linux24 APPEND ###############################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################
these contents are from the isolinux.cfg file from the DSL ISO image
with the linux24 and minirt24.gz path modified (notice the DSL/ entries
in the lines above). of course, these paths may vary with your setup, so
keep it in mind.
this will show the menu as seen when booting DSL from a CD/DVD or ISO image.
to prep the setup, the command sequence:
as root:
cd /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg ./iptohex.pl 192.168.1.23 IP address 192.168.1.23, converts to Hex: C0A80117 ln -fs dsl.cfg C0A80117 service dhcpd start chkconfig tftp on (or service xinetd restart)
and booting up the machine:
Credits:
IPtoHex is a perl script from Yngve Berthelsen
and downloaded from BigAdmin.
Just to let you know, you may want to look into Tiny Core Linux ( http://www.tinycorelinux.com/ ). It seems that the DSL Distro has unfortunately run into some trouble and has not been actively developed since 2008/2009. Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_small_linux#Current_status_of_the_project . PXE booting Tin Core is pretty easy and some great documentation can be found here: http://wiki.tinycorelinux.com/Netbooting
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