On Thursday 08 July 2004 16:32, Lombard, David N wrote: > In testing the current CVS version of OSCAR, which uses SystemImager > 3.2.0, I have found a problem when booting the nodes for installation. > > The clients will not build because the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default > file is incorrect, it's a "localboot" file, not the expected SI > kernel/initrd download file. I manually copied > /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg to > /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default; this allowed the client to boot and > build. >
I have noticed this as well. I think it's related to the effort to make netboot clients use their local disk once they're imaged. I also noticed (and was more concerned about) that you can't run mkbootserver multiple times. That is, I think this is the right 'default' if and *only* if you plan to use mkclientnetboot to manage your pxe boot server. If you're like me, and have systems that say 'f12 == network boot" during the bios bootup, then you probably want the other to be the default. > Is this a problem with SI 3.2.0 (more specifically, > systemimager-i386boot-standard-3.2.0-1)? I've verified the i386boot > package contents are correct. An examination of > /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg shows the default file is a copy of > syslinux.cfg.localboot. Is this intended? See above. I think this actually started with the 3.1.x series. It's not specific to 3.2.0-1. > Alternatively, was there a modification to 3.2.0 that changed the > /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/default file from a kernel/initrd > download file to a localboot file? Should > /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/default be ignored and > /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg be used instead? I think that mkclientnetboot can be used to manage whether a node uses its local disk image or the downloaded si kernel. Perhaps mkbootserver should have an option to allow the choice of the default behavior? Comments, Dann or Brian? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Sisuite-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
