PXE Boot Error

Jai Rangi jprangi at aleks.com
Tue Nov 1 00:50:54 UTC 2005


I am posting this messages again..
Please let me know if anyone can guide me to some usefull point..
Hello,

>> I got a strange problem, Trying ot set up PXE autoinstallation.
>> Configure DHCP, TFTP, PXE Linux.
>> Copied the contents of Fedora Disk on /tftpboot.
>> Below si the dafault configuration file for pxe..
>> ---------------------
>> default linux
>> serial 0,38400n8
>> label linux
>>        kernel images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
>>        append ksdevice=eth1 ip=dhcp load_ramdisk=1 
>> initrd=images/pxeboot/initrd.img ks=ftp:***.***.***.***/ks.cfg
>> ------------------------------------------------
>> Now I booted the clien machine with PXE boot option.
>>
>> It starts, get the IP Address loads the vmlinuz, loads initrd.img
>> So far everything seems to be working fine.
>> Then it stuct. Below is the screen shot.
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> anaconda installer init version 10.2.1.5 starting
>> mounting /proc filesystem.. done
>> /mounting /dev/pts.............. done
>> couldnot set new controlling tty
>> trying to remount root filesystem rea write.. done
>> mounting /tmp as ramfs.... done
>> running install....
>> running /sbin/loader..
>> After this I get the error message that, ks.cfg file not found, Bad 
>> Address,
>>
>>
>> On my dhcp server, I can see the IP is requested by the client 
>> machine and nfs had authenticated the the mount request
>>
>>
>> Any IDea what I might be missing..
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Jai
>>
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