I am unable to get my system to go out to the need system for the cfg
file. I do the following changes to grub.conf
title Red Hat Linux Upgrade
root (hd0,0)
kernel /pxeboot/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /pxeboot/initrd.img
append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 \
ramdisk_size=32768 network ks=http://15.8.27.142/ks.cfg
the do
grub-install /dev/sda1
and reboot and the system boots off the kernel but does not get any of
the append info..? any Ideas?
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 22:54, R P Herrold wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, John wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Jim Wildman wrote:
>
> > > 3) Configure PXE boot so if the box is rebooted and a particular link is
> > > in place it reinstalls, else boot from the local drive.
> >
> > This has possibilities, but needs some care and attention to work. AFAIK
> > it only works if your NIC actually supports PXE.
>
> naw -- no worries if your host cannot PXE, lacks a floppy, and
> lacks a CD drive, so long as you have a hard drive, or the
> capability to NFS boot no-root-squash (I cannot visualize
> how the last would be able to NFS boot, and yet not PXE --
> maybe on an OpenBoot prom with rarpd -- it should be
> possible on a Sparc port. I'll ask Tom Callaway ...).
>
> A. If it does not PXE and has a floppy, use etherboot
>
>
> B. If it does not PXE and you don't want to use the floppy,
> use a CD based boot -- see the RELEASE-NOTES for RHL 8.0 to build
> the ISO; or the use the prebuilt in Phoebe-X
>
>
> C. If it does not PXE and you don't want to use the floppy and
> you don't want to use the CD, you can:
>
> 1/ Copy the ./images/pxeboot/* content into, say,
> a newly created /boot/pxeboot/
>
> 2/ Update /boot/grun/grub.conf to have a stanza pointing to
> the kernel, the initrd, and passing along a proper ks.cfg
> source
>
> ------------- snip ----------------
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> # root (hd0,0)
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
> # initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
>
> default=1
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-2.48)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-2.48 ro root=LABEL=/ hdb=ide-scsi
> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-2.48.img
>
> #
> # RPH edits for John on the West Coast of .au
> #
> title Red Hat Linux Upgrade
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /pxestuff/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/ hdb=ide-scsi
> initrd /pxestuff/initrd.img
> append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 \
> ramdisk_size=32768 network \
> ks=http://10.16.33.105/pub/kickstart/ks.cfg
> #
> # note that the foregoing line uses backslash
> # continuation only for clarity -- don't use them
> # in production -- string the darn thing out ...
> #
> -------------- end snip -------------
>
>
> I have not seen method C formally documented -- that is,
> simply booting from hard drive into a kickstart based upgrade
> -- (an install would work just as well).
>
> Clearly method C is not a Red Hat supported model -- heck,
> while PXE file support is present, it is for advanced
> installers. The issues of having a working PXE clients, DNS,
> DHCP, TFTP, FTP and HTTP server make it really tricky to debug
> if one is not systematic. Red Hat support could not
> economically meet their commitment to purchasers to get
> supported hardware installed in finite time, because there is
> so much to go wrong. <g>
>
>
> BTW: This is not theory. I am away from my office notes, and
> did this from memory. I just followed exactly the stated
> instructions, and used the install information here on a
> machine on the bench across the room.
>
>
> This is a variation on my notes at:
> http://www.owlriver.com/tips/pxe-install/ which I
> developed with editorial review and 'bouncing ideas off' Jim
> Wildman. Thanks, Jim.
>
> - Russ Herrold
>
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