the image I'm trying to place on the box is linux, but the box I'm trying to place an image on originally did not have linux on it. The imageserver and the target box are not exactly similar:the imageserver is a dell gx260 and the target box is a dell gx270. Yes i was dropped into a busybox prompt and when i typed /sbin/ifconfig i got etho ......
lo ........ it gav me the complete configuration as would be xpected i guess.. --- John Jolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 07:10 -0700, Jide Osatuyi > wrote: > > I got this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rsync ***.**.**.***:: boot > > overrides > > scripts > > myimage > > > > I then tried rsync ***.**.**.***::scripts and I > got a > > buch of > > . > > . > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/10/05 14:51:12 > clone979.sh > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/10/05 14:51:08 > clone98.sh > > (snip) > > > -rw-r--r-- 4340 2005/10/05 14:53:42 hosts > > -rw-r--r-- 10924 2005/10/05 14:49:08 > > myimage.master > > drwxr-xr-x 4096 2005/09/30 09:53:47 > > post-install > > drwxr-xr-x 4096 2005/09/30 09:53:47 > pre-install > > lrwxr-xr-x 14 2005/09/30 12:58:10 > server1.sh > > > > what does this mean? > > this means that rsync on the image server works. > > > I also want you to know that the client I'm tryin > to > > clone does not have linux on it.thats why i'm > trying > > to use the autoinstallcd. > > Let's make sure we're clear here... the image you > are trying to place on > the box is linux, but the box you are trying to > place an image on > originally did not have linux on it, right? > > If your target box is starting with another os, no > matter, it'll get > deleted. if your source image isn't linux.....well, > not sure how you'd > have created it. > > So...to summarize, rsync is working on image server, > but target server > boots from autoinstall cd and gives an error. Are > these boxes > identical? when it fails, you should be dropped > into a busybox prompt, > does this happen? if so, type /sbin/ifconfig and > tell me the output. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, > downloads, discussions, > and more. > http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
