Looks similar to my dhcpd.conf (apart that I just have "pxelinux.0", so without the path). But since it found the boot kernel that seems to be ok. In my tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default: default linux64AUTO # install label linux64AUTO kernel linux64 append initrd=initrd64 ramdisk_size=65536 install=nfs://10.0.0.200/usr/SuSE10DVD/SuSE autoyast=nfs://10.0.0.200/var/lib/autoinstall/repository/borgClientsInstall.xml vnc=1 vncpassword=XXX splash=silent showopts I remember I had protection issues on the install source. I put it under the root's home directory but since I have root_squash it could not be loaded. I had to open that directory so others could read it. append initrd=initrd64 ramdisk_size=65536 install=nfs://10.0.0.200/usr/SuSE10DVD/SuSE autoyast=nfs://10.0.0.200/var/lib/aut oinstall/repository/borgClientsInstall.xml Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Are there any known issues with using the OpenSUSE 10.0 original distro to do an NFS install to a PXE-booted client? Any show stopping bugs that require an update?
I have set up dhcp ok, pxelinux.0 runs and uses my default file. All options as described in the SUSE online docs have been used. But I do not quite get the install to start:
The install kernel boots. At some point it wants to get a DHCP address for the ethernet card. This 'should' be working as it got an address when it first booted. I see this in the server's /var/log/messages. But this seems to timeout. My dhcp entry is:
host jboc1 {
filename "/suseInstall/pxelinux.0"; fixed-address 192.30.105.204; hardware ethernet 00:30:48:56:38:B2; next-server 192.30.105.201; option host-name "jboc1"; }
192.30.105.201 is the server for everything (dhcp, pxe, suse install)
After this, I get a message that the SUSE installation source cannot be found. When trying to set it up by hand (nice it does that), I see that the default values it offers are the ones I expect (despite the probable DHCP oddness). But when it tries to mount the nfs install source, it fails with 'unknown error -1'.
Why is it looking for a DHCP server when I add the hostip= command to the kernel command line? This option seems to be ignored.
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