PXE-booting patch stopped working starting Tails 6.10.

modrz44 commented 1 year ago

Referring to https://github.com/beta-tester/RPi-PXE-Server/issues/31 This patch stopped working starting around I think it was Tails 6.10. I couldn't get an error code, it just refuses to boot once the initrd is downloaded from tftp without any error. I believe the problem started when Tails switched to the Linux 6.x kernel. My best analysis is that its not the actual patch thats the problem but Linux 6.x kernels handle initrd images differently somehow which makes it refuse any appending initrd patches like thisone. I've been trying for a few weeks but got nowhere. Hopefully someone can at least establish why this happens.

Originally posted by @modrz44 in https://github.com/beta-tester/RPi-PXE-Server/issues/31#issuecomment-1684908251

beta-tester commented 1 year ago

thank you for the report. i will take a look soon.

beta-tester commented 1 year ago

for me it is working.

i used Tails tails-amd64-5.16.1.iso
and applied the script above.
and PXE boot into Tails (no SecureBoot, no UEFI - just good old BIOS PXE boot)
my network interface controller is an rtl r8168.

i can login and tor connections are working.

the kernel version of Tails 5.16.1 is 6.1.0-11-amd64 ... Debian 6.1.38-4 (2023-08-08)

beta-tester commented 1 year ago

i will close this issue, because i got no further response

beta-tester / RPi-PXE-Server

PXE-booting patch stopped working starting Tails 6.10. #42