http://etherboot.org/wiki/ 2026-05-23T00:31:07-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/ http://etherboot.org/wiki/lib/tpl/monobook/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-04-23T20:04:57-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/dhcp_-_build_instructions?rev=1240542297&do=diff Remember, as I stated earlier, we want to build everything as static binaries. This usually requires that we make some changes to the build process or invoke special switches for the config process. (Note : Due to compilation errors, you must download text/html 2009-05-05T19:39:55-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/packages?rev=1241577595&do=diff When ever possible, a package should be built to STATIC binary specifications, NOT dynamic. BASH - BASH - Build instructions COREUTILS - COREUTILS -Build instructions ( export CFLAGS=-static ) SED - SED - Build instructions DHCP - DHCP - Build instructions UDEV - UDEV - Build instructions RPCBIND - RPCBIND - Build instructions PORTMAP - PORTMAP - Build instructions HTOP - HTOP - Build instructions <http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2005-10/6333.html> <-- Great documen… text/html 2009-04-30T13:55:00-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/scratch?rev=1241124900&do=diff Had to mount /proc before I could load any modules.. ( mount -t proc none /proc ) Adding this statement to the init file. After loading up the bash shell, and loading modules etc.. Still nothing.. Has been suggested to use udev.. Researching... text/html 2009-05-01T08:54:02-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/the_initramfs?rev=1241193242&do=diff Building the initramfs has proven to be one of the more challenging tasks at hand. File System ( Creating the inital root file system ) UDEV ( Required ? for 2.6 kernels, otherwise drivers will fail to function correctly ? ) Init ( Init script ) text/html 2009-05-01T08:48:36-07:00 http://etherboot.org/wiki/elf-ebi-initramfs-lnxi-howto/the_kernel?rev=1241192916&do=diff The kernel I am focused on in this Wiki is 2.6.27.7. In regard to network booting, any 2.6 kernel should technically work. Some where in the build chain of the 2.6 kernel there were some format changes. If you go low enough in the 2.6 build chain, you may experience some problems.