<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle20 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal } SPAN.EmailStyle21 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Boot from disk 1, and at the boot: prompt, type linux rescue</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Here is my (modified to remove host and domain names) pxeboot config file:</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>default hostname label hostname kernel RHELAS3U1/vmlinuz append initrd=RHELAS3U1/initrd.img nofb ramdisk_size=10000 ks=nfs:kickstart_server.domainname.com:/kickstart/configs/hostname ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full" </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>So try this for yours:</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> default linux<o:p></o:p> label linux<o:p></o:p> kernel vmlinuz<o:p></o:p> append initrd=initrd.img nofb ramdisk_size=10000 ks=nfs:10.xxx.xxx.xxx:/tftpboot/ks.cfg ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Based on the fact that there are no paths in front of your kernel and initrd, I assume that they are in the root of your tftpboot directory, or the same place as pxelinux.0</DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth.Brosch@thomson.com Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 1:44 PM To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Subject: RE: Kickstart fails </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Chip:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here is the contents of my pxeboot config file:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> default linux<o:p></o:p> prompt 1<o:p></o:p> label linux<o:p></o:p> kernel vmlinuz<o:p></o:p> append ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full" load_ramdisk=1 initrd=initrd.img network ks=nfs:10.xxx.xxx.xxx:/tftpboot/ks.cfg ip=dhcp<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> Sorry but how can I boot this client into linux rescue?<o:p></o:p> Liz<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>