I also had the same issue on some hp hardware and using pxe instead of xnba
fixed it! :o)
Luis Miguel Silva
On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:27 AM, Heince Kurniawan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I also encountered similar issue, if you using pxelinux.0 from syslinux-3.86
> maybe its the same issue.
> I test it on IBM x3650 M3 using CentOS6.0 x86_64
> - pxe installation finish but can't boot to disk during pxe boot
> - manually select boot device to disk is working
> - pxe boot looped several times , and output this messages at the end:
> =========================================
> It appears your computer has less than 268K of low ("DOS")
>
> RAM. Linux needs at least this amount to boot. If you get
>
> this message in error, hold down the Ctrl key while
>
> booting, and I will take your word for it.
>
> Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset...
> =========================================
>
> temporary i solve it by using pxelinux.0 from syslinux-3.11:
> 2342aeaa26e08422b1cab89c512a855c pxelinux.0
>
> rinstall, reboot using pxe boot works fine.
> anyone know what is the impact if i downgraded the pxelinux.0 ?
>
> Regards,
> Heince
>
> On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 16:31 +0800, Xiao Peng Wang wrote:
>> Did you meant that set the harddisk as the first boot order also did not
>> work? Could you try to use the pxe to replace the xnba as the boot load?
>> netboot=pxe
>>
>> Thanks
>> Best Regards
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> <graycol.gif>Matthew Newton ---2011-07-28 02:43:37---Hi, Bob Krull and I are
>> working on installing a rack of 42 DataPlex dx360 M3
>>
>> From: Matthew Newton <[email protected]>
>> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Robert W Krull <[email protected]>
>> Date: 2011-07-28 02:43
>> Subject: [xcat-user] dx360 M3 won't boot to SAS hd after PXE install with
>> RHELS6
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Bob Krull and I are working on installing a rack of 42 DataPlex dx360 M3
>> -[6391-AC1]- nodes with RHELS 6.0, to local mirrored SAS drives through a
>> BR10i adapter. Installing with a cdrom works fine, but PXE install completes
>> but leaves the nodes in a non-bootable state where you see the floppy disk
>> picture and it says press F1 etc. We tried changing the boot list around,
>> with various ordering of Legacy, Hard Disk 0, and Network, and no luck. Has
>> anyone seen this before and/or know what might be the issue?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Matt Newton
>> Emerging Technologies Solutions Development
>> Watson Strategic Initiatives Engineering
>> 914-945-2196
>> [email protected]
>>
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