Network Installation

[CurlyMo]

This functionality can be added to the initramfs as we include in Alpha 5. We haven't included boot from nfs yet, but here is the source if you want to try to add it yourself. Let us know if you managed. Booting from samba should be implemented in fairly the same way.
https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian-initramfs

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Hmm, this topic states it can be done without the initramfs: http://raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=5974. However, using a initramfs can be safer because you then don't have an unbootable system when the network fails.

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Another tip for using the initramfs, use e.g.:

Code:

ldd /bin/mount
        libblkid.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libblkid.so.1 (0xb6f05000)
        libselinux.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libselinux.so.1 (0xb6ee2000)
        libsepol.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsepol.so.1 (0xb6ea0000)
        libmount.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libmount.so.1 (0xb6e76000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6e4e000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0xb6d1e000)
        /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0xb6f39000)
        libuuid.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libuuid.so.1 (0xb6d11000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0xb6d06000)

To check what modules need to be included in the initramfs lib folder.