Syslinux - Apr 2009 - FW: Headless operations

...zzZZ...  *ifconfig* *DHCP logs* *netstat*...ZZzz...  (Sleeping) -
Shao

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Miller [mailto:Chris at InfoGreat.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 02:05
To: Miller, Shao
Subject: RE: [syslinux] Headless operations

Hi Folks,

I trimmed my EXTLinux.conf to one stanza, as suggested.  Then I use my
newly
acquired knowledge of the virtual terminals and I peeked at VT4.  I saw
some
interesting things:

This is probably meaningless, since it is true that this machine has no
floppy...
FATAL: Error inserting floppy
(/lib/modules/2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i586/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko.gz)
No
such device



And I saw network interface activity:

NetworkManager (eth0) device state change : 1 -> 2
<6>b44 eth0: link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
NetworkManager (eth0) device state change : 2 -> 3



All good news but not unexpected.  However, a ping scan of my network
failed
to uncover this machine:
nmap -sP 10.1.2.0/24

I believe him to be 10.1.2.22 and vncviewer got "connection refused"

So, he is at the very least anti-social.  Additional suggestions
welcome.

Thanks for the help.


Chris.

Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches.
Life is a journey, not a destination ...

 
> Try this simple extlinux.cfg file:
> 
> DEFAULT foo
> 
> LABEL foo
>   KERNEL /boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/vmlinuz
>   APPEND initrd=/boot/Fedora-10/isolinux/initrd.img ro 
> headless vnc vncpassword=install noipv6 lang=en_US keymap=us ip=dhcp
> 
> - Shao Miller

Hi Shao,

Subtle as a hammer...

O.K., so I looked around some more.  I couldn't get a shell on any VT.  Is
there a magic trick that I don't know?   I did realize that part of the
problem involves confusion on the part of ... (do I know enough now to
mention it by name?) the LINUX kernel (Yes!) that is shepherding the
installation.  He wants to select between the RJ45 and the WiFi.  Once I
make that selection, I see a DHCPREQUEST and he responds to pings.

This has demonstrated that my problem has nothing to do with SYSLinux.  I
can clearly see on VT3 that the full set of additional kernel parameters is
passed.  EXTLinux has done his job completely.

Since, it appears I'm going to be leaving you-all for a little while (I have
one more question, but it should be on a new thread), I need to know who I
would contact for assistance with the initrd that is used during the
distribution installation.  Anybody have any recommendations?

I can only hope that they are even half as helpful as you guys have been.


Chris.

Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches.
Life is a journey, not a destination ...

 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com 
> [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Miller, Shao
> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 11:10 PM
> To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
> Subject: [syslinux] FW: Headless operations
> 
> ...zzZZ...  *ifconfig* *DHCP logs* *netstat*...ZZzz...  
> (Sleeping) - Shao
>