custom built CentOS 5.8 kernel resulted in Error downloading kickstart file

netzapper · 11-19-2013, 03:08 PM

Need to build custom CentOS kernel with Mellanox and Broadcom NetXtreme II network drivers.
I copied the new kernel vmlinuz-2.6.18-308.24.1.el5 to be /tftpboot/images/centos/vmlinuz
and still use the default distributed initrd.img file.

After pxeboot, booting up with the custom vmlinuz, and after running /sbin/loader,
it s then stuck at following screen:
Welcome to CentOS
---- Error downloading kickstart file ----
Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the
kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an
interactive installation.
http://192.168.1.201/install/ks/lab-pxe-ks.cfg
[OK] [Cancel]

Here is the pxe config file:
[root@pxeserver pxelinux.cfg]# cat lab-pxe
default menu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 100
MENU TITLE My PXE Menu
LABEL CentoS 5.8 x64
MENU LABEL CentOS 5.8 x64
KERNEL images/centos/vmlinuz
append ks=http://192.168.1.201/install/ks/lab-pxe-ks.cfg initrd=images/centos/initrd.img ramdisk_size=65536 ksdevice=eth0 ip=dhcp noipv6

I am able to download the ks file independently using wget http://192.168.1.201/install/ks/lab-pxe-ks.cfg

Any help is appreciated.
Steven

unSpawn · 11-22-2013, 01:31 AM

Please post your thread once and in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread should be closed because it is a duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...le-4175485173/.