it is not a problem with PXE, your installation tree is not configured correctly You should either use SLES9 system to build the tree or configure it according to the docu/RELEASE-NOTES.en.html which can be found on cd #1 Also, you need to point you install to top dir not CD1 i.e. 'install=http://10.0.3.11/suse' thanks, Marcin Kurc Linux Impact Team Novell, Inc (973) 493-6235

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Steve Glines 09/01/04 2:30 pm >>> I'm building a PXE install lab for SUSE and other flavors of Linux.

The DHCP and tftp servers are working. Note: I can fully install Red Hat from this lab but SUSE (SLES9 rc5) shows the following symptoms: 1.a cdrom install on the target system runs to completion in graphics mode. System is an HP PC with SCSI disk. 2.PXE install runs in non X-window mode (text) and fails to load scsi controllers * cannot find any disks. Fails even when modules are manually added. Here is the content of /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default: default suse prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 200 label redhat kernel redhat.kernel append initrd=redhat.root ramdisk_size=65536 label suse kernel suse.kernel append initrd=suse.root ramdisk_size=65536\ install=http://10.0.3.11/suse/CD1/ The file suse.kernel was copied from /boot/loader/linux in CD1 while suse.root was taken from /boot/loader/initrd in the same CD. I copied the contents of each CD into their own directories * I have CD1 * CD6 in the directory specified by http://10.0.3.11/suse/CD[1-6]. My test target system is a Celeron with 256MB Ram and an IDE disk; this setup fully installs SLES9. The only material change from this to the production lab is that the target system in the production lab has a SCSI disk and 1GB of ram. Help! Please Cheers -- Steve Glines voice: 978-952-6340 www.is-cs.com fax: 978-952-8524 145 Foster Street cell: 617-549-7274 Littleton MA 01460 I'm a complex person. I have a real and an imaginary part. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-autoinstall-help@suse.com