It seems that your initrd is very big > 80MB, so you have to try at least with:
ramdisk_size=100000 or better use the size suggested in the output of si_prepareclient. Moreover you could try to optimize the size of the initrd removing some modules not used for the installation. You can do this automatically using the --my-modules option, or trying to exclude manually some modules via /etc/systemimager/UYOK.modules_to_exclude in your golden client... for example you could remove: kernel/drivers/net/wireless/* kernel/drivers/infiniband/* etc... If you have not heterogeneous hardware I suggest to use the --my-modules option, it's much simpler. Regards, -Andrea Andrew M. Lyons wrote: > I wanted to try 3.7.6 before I responded to this. the kernel and > initrd.img generated using 3.7.6 (UYOK, no --my-modules) are here: > > http://www.accre.vanderbilt.edu/si/ > > The hardware I have doesn't work with the default x86_64boot for 3.7.5 > or 3.7.6 (doesn't recognize the disk). > > I'll try some more of your suggestions and respond again... > > > Andrea Righi wrote: >> Could you post the errors you're receiving, or, if you want, could you >> post your kernel and initrd somewhere on the web? Have you tried to >> check if the initrd fs is not corrupted (see my previous email). >> Moreover are you using a fs for the initrd that is statically built into >> the kernel? (for example if you're using cramfs you should see a >> CONFIG_CRAMFS=y in your kernel config, but the correct filesystem to be >> used should be automatically detected by si_prepareclient). >> >> Regards, >> -Andrea >> >> Andrew M. Lyons wrote: >>> We're experiencing the same problem (with UYOK RHEL5beta2 on a box with >>> 2 dual-core opterons) >>> >>> Topher Fischer wrote: >>>> Increasing the "ramdisk_size" parameter doesn't fix the problem, there's >>>> something weird with the kernel that I'm using. This doesn't make sense: >>>> >>>> ram1: rw=0, want=18446744056529682440, limit=32768 >>>> >>>> If nobody has any ideas of what might be causing this, does anybody have >>>> a kernel and initrd.img I can have? I need it for a x86_64 machine with >>>> the e1000 network driver. >>>> >>>> Andrea Righi wrote: >>>>> Look in the troubleshooting section on wiki: >>>>> >>>>> http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Troubleshooting#Ramdisk_too_small.3F_Getting_errors.3F >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> -Andrea >>>>> >>>>> Topher Fischer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm trying to get some new HP desktops (Core 2 Duo) to boot up and start >>>>>> imaging. I'm using Fedora Core 6 for the image and RHEL 3 for the >>>>>> server. I started with the rpms I got using the standard 'install' >>>>>> script, but it didn't work, so I got the "unstable" rpms off sourceforge >>>>>> (3.7.5) and still got the same problem. Working with the image seems to >>>>>> be going fine, but when I actually try and PXE boot a machine, it pulls >>>>>> down the kernel and initrd.img files, starts loading the kernel, then >>>>>> gives me this: >>>>>> ############################## >>>>>> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 >>>>>> RAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 16777216 >>>>>> attempt to access beyond end of device >>>>>> ram1: rw=0, want=18446744056529682440, limit=32768 >>>>>> isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=ram1, iso_blknum=17, >>>>>> block=-2147483648 >>>>>> No filesystem could mount root, tried: ext2 iso9660 >>>>>> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on >>>>>> unknown-block(1,1) >>>>>> ############################### >>>>>> >>>>>> I get the same thing using both the files in /etc/systemimager/boot, and >>>>>> using 'mkbootpackage'. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to go >>>>>> about resolving this, or maybe some kernel and initrd.img files to share? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
