RE: IBM x330 kickstart problem.

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Does this work without PXE (e.g. using a bootnet.img floppy with a ks.cfg
file)?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Komitee [mailto:michael.komitee@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:56 PM
> To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: IBM x330 kickstart problem.
> 
> 
> It's me again guys, and here's another problem I seem to be 
> having now.
> I have 6 IBM x330's, each seperated into pairs of two.
> One pair I can PXEboot -> Syslinux -> kickstart happily: 
> starts up, contacts my dhcp server, 
> loads up the pxelinux.cfg file, grabs the correct kernel and 
> init image, uncompresses them, 
> boots, and initiates a kickstart install over nfs.
> 
> Mind you, I am using the same pxelinux.cfg file and kickstart 
> file for all 6 of these servers.
> 
> The other 2 pairs PXEboot unhappily: start up, contact my 
> dhcp server, loads up the pxelinux.cfg
> file, grabs the correct kernel and init image, seems to 
> uncompress them, and then fails to boot the kernel.
> 
> The last message I get during boot is:
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> 
> Specs for a machine that works:
> Single 1Ghz P3 proc, gig of ram, 18 gig mirrored hdd's 
> mirrored via an IBM Serveraid LX card, 2 embedded 100Mbit 
> nic's @ a single 2x100 Mbit nic pci cards.
> 
> Specs for a machine that doesnt work 
> Dual 1Ghz P3 procs, gig of ram, 18 gig mirrored hdd's 
> mirrored via an IBM Serveraid LX card, 2 embedded 100Mbit 
> nic's @ a single 2x100 Mbit nic pci cards.
> 
> Any idea? I've used kickstart on a similar dual proc machine, 
> with no problems (an x342). Any little bit helps.
> 
> 
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