[et-mgmt-tools] Booting Hangs on "Trying to Load: pxelinux.cfg/default"

[Slinky]

2008/6/2 Ole Ersoy <ole.ersoy at gmail.com>:

> pxelinux.0 is the binary pxe loader. dhcp needs to point at pxelinux.0
>> (wherever it is*), as this is what the client needs to boot with.
>>
>> default is the default pxe configuration which a request falls down to if
>> the corresponding 01-aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff isn't found, and is generally found
>> in pxelinux.cfg/
>>
>> A client would expect to find it in
>> /tftpboot/cobbler/loader/pxelinux.0....
>>
>> Does that help?
>>
>
> I think so.  Just want to make sure I'm clear.  The file is currently here:
>
> [root at localhost ole]# ls /tftpboot/
> elilo-3.6-ia64.efi  images  menu.c32  pxelinux.0  pxelinux.cfg
>
> So if I put "pxelinux.0" for the filename option it should resolve
> correctly right?
>

That's right.

If your loader is at /tftpboot/loader/pxelinux.0 then dhcp would point at
/loader/pxelinux.0



>
>
>
>>     So I changed that to "pxelinux.0", and attempted to run cobbler
>>    sync, which tells me:
>>
>>    [root at localhost ole]# cobbler sync
>>    cannot find directory: -v
>>
>>    I tried restarting the cobbler daemon and doing cobbler sync and the
>>    same message appears.  Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> tbh your cobbler setup sounds a bit FUBAR. Purge and try again perhaps?
>>
>
> I'll try to nuke the system and profile I added to see whether that caused
> the hiccup.  It was syncing fine before that.  Otherwise I'll start from
> scratch.
>
> Thanks!
> - Ole
>
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Regards
Dan
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