I was successful but had to go about it a little different
I have an Asus RT-N66U router
I had to install Asus-WRT Merlin to gain SSH access to my router
I edited /etc/dnsmasq.conf and addded
dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0,,192.168.1.6
192.168.1.6 would need to be replaced by YOUR MBL IP
I also took out the hostname “zorro”
Then I had to restart dnsmasq because rebooting the router writes back the default dnsmasq.conf
killall dnsmasq
dnsmasq -c 1500 --log-async -n
Note that this solution isn’t permanent as the router will restart dnsmasq on its own and overwrite the config file with its own but I could enable jffs to remedy this
Create a public folder in the dashboard called Netboot
Fire up PuTTY or Terminal
Install tftpd-hpa
apt-get updateapt-get install tftpd-hpa
When the blue screen comes up asking “TFPT ROOT DIRECTORY” I used /shares/Netboot
Edit tftpd-hpa
nano /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
The file needs to look like this
# /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON="no"
TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
TFTP_DIRECTORY="/shares/Netboot"
TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69"
TFTP_OPTIONS="-s -vvv -m /shares/Netboot/tftpa-hpa.remap"
Control and o
Hit enter
Control and x
Create /etc/inetd.conf
nano /etc/inetd.conf
Paste this (Right click)
netbios-ssn stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/smbd
tftp dgram udp4 wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /shares/NetBoot -m /shares/NetBoot/tftpa-hpa.remap -vvv
Control and o
Hit enter
Control and x
I then copied the contents of your Share_Netboot folder to my Netboot share
I then created /Acronis/2013 in the Netboot share
I then plugged my Acronis TI Home 2013 thumbdrive in and copied dat2.dat and dat3.dat to Netboot/Acronis/2013
I then renamed
dat2.dat TO ramdisk.dat
dat3.dat TO kernel.dat
Restart tftpd-hpa
/etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa restart
Enabled PXE boot on my motherboard
Booted from PXE
Menu came up and I selected Acronis TI 2013 TFTP and it worked like a champ
Thanks for the write up -T_A_T-
