Hi,
I have a cheap 1u server that has a basic BMC IPMI with only Serial Over Lan for remote console.
I am attempting to PXE boot the server by following:
https://www.ostechnix.com/how-to-ins...-ubuntu-16-04/ but am having no luck getting past pxelinux...
My pxelinux.cfg/default file looks like:
Code:
# D-I config version 2.0
# search path for the c32 support libraries (libcom32, libutil etc.)
#CONSOLE 0 115200
SERIAL 0 115200
path ubuntu-installer/amd64/boot-screens/
include ubuntu-installer/amd64/boot-screens/menu.cfg
default ubuntu-installer/amd64/boot-screens/vesamenu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 100
label linux
kernel ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux
append initrd=ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz vga=off console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 --
NOTE: the pxelinux.cfg/default is essentially syslinux and the CONSOLE 0 was commented out as it was distorting the "Installer boot menu" making it unreadable.
The Server will boot, initate pxe and pull down the pxelinux.0 file as well as the configs but all i get over SOL is a blue "Installer boot menu" which i cannot interact with. After the timeout it looks like it is attempting to load the ubuntu installer but i get a few blank lines over serial and nothing else.
From TCP Dump, after the timeout i can see it pulling the linux kernel:
Code:
10:54:45.427392 IP kvm00.serv.49187 > pxe.serv.tftp: 58 RRQ "ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux" octet tsize 0 blksize 1408
10:54:45.429474 IP pxe.serv.47024 > kvm00.serv.49187: UDP, length 29
10:54:45.429958 IP kvm00.serv.49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.430363 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
10:54:45.431047 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.431423 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
10:54:45.432191 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.432566 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
10:54:45.433260 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.433640 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
10:54:45.434251 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.434562 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
10:54:45.435163 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..47024: UDP, length 4
10:54:45.435426 IP pxe.serv..47024 > kvm00.serv..49187: UDP, length 1412
But not seeing it fetch initrd.gz correction, i can now see its being downloaded as well:
Code:
12:26:27.821225 IP kvm00.serv..49187 > pxe.serv..tftp: 58 RRQ "ubuntu-installer/amd64/linux" octet tsize 0 blksize 1408
12:26:31.345237 IP kvm00.serv..49188 > pxe.serv..tftp: 62 RRQ "ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz" octet tsize 0 blksize 1408
When attempting to pxe boot a VM using the same config i get full graphical install and it looks to work fine...
Dose anyone know what i am doing wrong? It is as if the initrd is not accepting the serial config i am passing it.
Thank you
