Comments on: Diskless HTPC using DD-WRT (PXE), Ubuntu/XBMC and FreeNAS (TFTP, NFS) http://hype-o-thetic.com/2009/09/20/diskless-htpc-using-dd-wrt-pxe-xbmc-and-freenas-tftp-nfs/ my notes Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:23:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3372 By: gimpe http://hype-o-thetic.com/2009/09/20/diskless-htpc-using-dd-wrt-pxe-xbmc-and-freenas-tftp-nfs/comment-page-1/#comment-637 gimpe Sun, 16 May 2010 14:58:59 +0000 http://hype-o-thetic.com/?p=327#comment-637 @Wag3Slav3 Thanks for this update, I haven't tried yet with the newest version. @Wag3Slav3 Thanks for this update, I haven’t tried yet with the newest version.

]]> By: Wag3Slav3 http://hype-o-thetic.com/2009/09/20/diskless-htpc-using-dd-wrt-pxe-xbmc-and-freenas-tftp-nfs/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Wag3Slav3 Sun, 16 May 2010 02:16:34 +0000 http://hype-o-thetic.com/?p=327#comment-632 Just an update for anyone who's trying to do this with the newest version of xbmc or the iso from xbmcfreak.nl. The new ubuntu does not work booting from PXE due to a workaround they applied so they could make upstart the default. You must install this file into your system will just hang on boot. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/430348/comments/13 Also, if your using an atom based board that has this NIC (Foxconn, some others) Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1063 (rev c0) Your system will hang when you mount / in rw mode with a "RPC fragment too large" error shown on the server side. This is an issue with the atl1e driver that ships with ubuntu. Get the new driver, install it add atl1e to /etc/modules and re-run update-initramfs. Copy the generated file to initrd.img on your tftp server. I have this working with an Ubuntu desktop serving nfs for root and a Foxconn NT 330i, makes for an almost completely silent diskless HTPC that you can attach to the vesa screws on the back of your LCD with the supplied bracket. Just an update for anyone who’s trying to do this with the newest version of xbmc or the iso from xbmcfreak.nl.

The new ubuntu does not work booting from PXE due to a workaround they applied so they could make upstart the default.

You must install this file into your system will just hang on boot.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/430348/comments/13

Also, if your using an atom based board that has this NIC (Foxconn, some others)

Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1063 (rev c0)

Your system will hang when you mount / in rw mode with a “RPC fragment too large” error shown on the server side. This is an issue with the atl1e driver that ships with ubuntu.

Get the new driver, install it add atl1e to /etc/modules and re-run update-initramfs. Copy the generated file to initrd.img on your tftp server.

I have this working with an Ubuntu desktop serving nfs for root and a Foxconn NT 330i, makes for an almost completely silent diskless HTPC that you can attach to the vesa screws on the back of your LCD with the supplied bracket.

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