Hi, I've mostly set up a kickstart for RedHat 8.0. I'm using the instructions posted by Alf W. : http://www.stanford.edu/~alfw/PXE-Kickstart/PXE-Kickstart.html The whole thing works, except when I go to reboot the system it hangs. ie. TFTP Prefix: Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AABBCCDD Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AABBCCD Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AABBCC Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AABBC Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/AABB ... Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default Booting from localdisk And then it just sits there. If I understood what it was looking for here, I'd probably be able to troubleshoot it better. It does seem to find my default file which has: default linux label linux localboot 0 My /boot directory looks reasonable (there are initrd, vmlinuz images) I'm running on a P4 Intel, PXELINUX 2.00. When I change my BIOS to boot from hard disk before the NIC, it boots up just fine. Can anyone point me in a direction to hunt or let me know if I can provide more info. Thank you, Leila.
Leila Jaibaji wrote:> > My /boot directory looks reasonable (there are initrd, vmlinuz images) > I'm running on a P4 Intel, PXELINUX 2.00. > > When I change my BIOS to boot from hard disk before the NIC, it boots up > just fine. > Can anyone point me in a direction to hunt or let me know if I can provide > more info. >Could we get some details of the NIC? Also, does PXELINUX 1.76 work for you (we have some reports that 1.76 works and 2.00 doesn't.) -hpa
It seems to freeze at a point before looking for the config files with 1.76.
(It gets the correct pxelinux.0 & finds the correct dhcp information). This
is an odd freeze, because I can't power off the hardware (I'd have to
unplug
it).
Here is my NIC info from lspci output:
02:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev
0d)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 301a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at feafb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at de80 [size=64]
Memory at fea40000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev
0d)
Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 301a
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
Memory at feafc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at df00 [size=64]
Memory at fea80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
02:0c.0 Class 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 0d)
02:0d.0 Class 0200: 8086:1229 (rev 0d)
Thanks for the suggestions,
Leila.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: Leila Jaibaji
> Cc: 'syslinux at zytor.com'
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] booting from local disk
>
>
> Leila Jaibaji wrote:
> >
> > My /boot directory looks reasonable (there are initrd,
> vmlinuz images)
> > I'm running on a P4 Intel, PXELINUX 2.00.
> >
> > When I change my BIOS to boot from hard disk before the
> NIC, it boots up
> > just fine.
> > Can anyone point me in a direction to hunt or let me know
> if I can provide
> > more info.
> >
>
> Could we get some details of the NIC? Also, does PXELINUX
> 1.76 work for
> you (we have some reports that 1.76 works and 2.00 doesn't.)
>
> -hpa
>
>
Sorry, I wrote all that down but forgot to mention: Intel Boot Agent 4.108 PXE 2.1> -----Original Message----- > From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:12 PM > To: Leila Jaibaji > Cc: 'syslinux at zytor.com' > Subject: Re: [syslinux] booting from local disk > > > Leila Jaibaji wrote: > > It seems to freeze at a point before looking for the config > files with 1.76. > > (It gets the correct pxelinux.0 & finds the correct dhcp > information). This > > is an odd freeze, because I can't power off the hardware > (I'd have to unplug > > it). > > > > What PXE version is it running? (This is printed by the NIC before > trying to boot.) > > -hpa > >
Damn Cool. Thank you, syslinux-2.00-pre14 works perfectly. Leila.> -----Original Message----- > From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:14 PM > To: Bruce Benda > Cc: Leila Jaibaji; 'syslinux at zytor.com' > Subject: Re: [syslinux] booting from local disk > > > Bruce Benda wrote: > > syslinux-2.00-pre14 will work if you need a temporary solution > > > > I have similar hardware (eepro100, IBA 4.x) and had the > same problems. > > > > I've been too busy to get my hardware specifics though. > > > > Thanks, that's extremely useful information. In factm that tells me > with fairly high certainty what the problem is. > > As soon as I get my compute environment back (it's down at the moment > due to house move -- I have access at the office only) I will try to > revert that change and make a new 2.01-pre. > > -hpa > >