On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 07:51 -0700, Jide Osatuyi wrote:
> 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 ......
> 
What ip address did you get here? can you ping the ip address of the
image server at this point?
Also, what kind of nic is in the target server?
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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