[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/HowTo/PxeBootVmware" by WolfgangSchweer

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- #format wiki
- #language en
  
- = Alternatives =
- Vmware requieres some crowbar work before functioning properly on slx2.0 so if you can you might want to use qemu  instead. 
-  * http://www.skolelinux.no/~klaus/newnotater/x4300.html 
- 
- = pxebooting vmware =
- if you want to use vmware to test debian-edu youll face an issue where you can't pxeboot the client.
- the reson beeing that the default initrd dont have vmware's network interface kernel module.
- 
- = how to add a module =
- to recreate the the initrd with the modue for vmware included, you must
-  1. add the module name `pcnet32` to the line saying nic_modules= in the file `/opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lessdisks/mkinitrd/initrd-netboot.conf
-  1. chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 mount /proc
-     /!\ without this youll have a broken initrd
-  1. chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 dpkg-reconfigure kernel-image-2.4.27-2-386 
-  1. test if you got the module into the initrd with `grep pcnet32 /opt/ltsp/i386/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386`
-     should reply that binary file.... matches.
-  1. cp /opt/ltsp/i386/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386 /var/lib/tftpboot/ltsp/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
-     /!\ This overwrites your old initrd. backup is your own responsibility.
-  1. boot the client.
-