Hello out there!!! My linuxrc loaded with error messages: Idconfig:/usr/lib/liby2pm.so.2.0.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start And aborts the installation with: "an error occurred during the installation" The SOLUTION for this weird problem is a incomplete or wrong dhcpd.conf!!! I solved this Problem in adding the line "option routers 10.10.200.1" to the dhcpd.conf (In our case there was no router at all --- we have tested the autoinstallation only in a test network - only server and client - That's why I thought it wouldn't be necessary to add this option) Thanks a million to Thomas Mack! Ulrike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wrote this: Hi, i'm trying to configure the autoinstallation for PXE and DHCP with the distribution SuSE 8.1. I need a fully automated installation without a bootdisk or CD. Everything seems to work fine untill linuxrc is loaded: - the client connects to the dhcp-server and receives the ip-address - pxelinux starts and the kernel and initrd are transfered - the kernel boots - starting linuxrc:

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SuSE Linux installation program v1.4 (c) 1996-2002 SuSE Linux AG<<< Starting hardware detection... Activating usb devices... done Searching for infofile... Sending DHCP request to eth0... Loading Data into ramdisk (39670 KB) ...... Idconfig:Cannot mmap file /usr/lib/liby2pm.so.2. Idconfig:/usr/lib/liby2pm.so.2.0.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start. #(then more "Idconfig" error messages are appear) ........ starting syslog (messages are logged to /dev/tty4)... starting klogd... integrating kernel modules of the installation system... #(then the linuxrc screen starts...) #This error-message comes up: "an error occurred during the installation"

What's the problem? Is it a wrong initrd??? I got my initrd (and the kernel "linux") from the directory /boot/loader of the installation CD (SuSE 8.1) . This is my command line: default linux serial 0,9600n8 label linux kernel linux append console=tty0 load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd/ autoyast=nfs://10.10.200.20/profiles/profile2.xml/ install=nfs://10.10.200.20/install/ insmod=eepro This is my dhcpd.conf ddns-update-style none; allow booting; subnet 10.10.200.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 10.10.200.50 10.10.200.60; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 10.10.200.255; } group { use-host-decl-names on; host linux001 { hardware ethernet 00:30:05:19:46:45; fixed-address 10.10.200.55; if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient" { filename "/pxelinux.0"; } else if substring (option vendor-class-identifier,0 ,9) = "Etherboot" { filename "/vmlinuz-node.nbi"; } } } PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!! ulrike -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!