If your imageserver has similar hardware as the node you're trying to image and the OS supports the hardware, you can run:
# si_prepareclient --norsyncd on the imageserver. This will generate a kernel/initrd.img pair (generated from your current OS) in /etc/systemimager/boot which you can then use to PXE-boot. This is the new UseYourOwnKernel functionality in SystemImager. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Steven A. DuChene > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Sisuite-users] systemimager boot kernel not seeing network > > I have been struggling with getting sisuite up and running on > a SuSE-10.0 > imageserver. I think I have all of the functions working now > from the server > end and have successfully pulled images from various > goldenclients I need > to replicate. Now my problem is when I attempt to boot to the > install kernel, > it pulls the kernel across via tftp but when the kernel boots > on the box it does > not find the network hardware. The boxes I have to install > onto have bcm5780 > (Broadcom Gbit nics) chips. I have installed and tried the > kernel and initrd from > systemimager-x86_64boot-standard-3.6.3-1 and > systemimager-x86_64initrd_template-3.6.3-1 > > This kernel and initrd boots but never finds any networking > hardware. It takes > me to a systemimage root prompt where I try ifconfig or > netstat commands > only to see nothing showing up. > I tried changing the kernel to the kernel I normally use to > boot the systems > but then that one failed to mount filesystems. I tried a 2.4 > based kernel from > a site that was supposed to be an enhanced (with extra > network drivers) SI > kernel but that one did not like some modprobe commands that > were done as > part of the SI boot process. > > Is there any documentation about adding modules to a kernel > within the BOEL > kernels or replacing BOEL kernel with one that might work > for my hardware? > -- > Steven A. DuChene > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Sisuite-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
