pxelinux network install problem

m.vanes · 11-16-2005, 08:44 AM

Hi,

I am trying to install ubuntu linux on my laptop over a network. I can get it as far as retrieving an ip address and the pxelinux.0 file from my slackware box acting as dhcp and ftp server.

After this though it is supposed to load pxelinux.cfg/default. It doesn't however, it seems unable to find it, even though it is there.
Leading to the following result:

Code:

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My IP Address seems to be C0A8010F 192.168.1.15
ip=192.168.1.15:0.0.0.0:0.0.0.0:255.255.255.0
TFTP prefix: ubuntu/install/netboot/
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-a0-cc-de-21-39
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8010F
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8010
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A801
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A80
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A8
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/default
Could not find kernel image: linux
boot:

I have read the thread on this forum regarding setting up pxelinux: (meh, i'm not allowed to post urls)
but it's not really helping me much somehow

me not very samrt

Here is my dhcpd.conf file:

Code:

ping-check = 1;
filename="ubuntu/install/netboot/pxelinux.0";
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.15;
}
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;

ubuntu/install/netboot/ being the path on the ubuntu iso.

my ubuntu .iso is mounted on /var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu

I start tftpd as follows:
/usr/sbin/in.tftpd -l -s /var/lib/tftpboot

As I said, my laptop is able to get an ip address and log into the ftp server. Retrieves the pxelinux.0 file, but errors when trying to get pxelinux.cfg/default.

Maybe it has something to do with NFS? I'm not really sure on all of this, but I know I'm doing something wrong

any help appreciated, thanks

acid_kewpie · 11-16-2005, 08:49 AM

Can you show us the proof that the default file IS there? an ls -l of the directory etc...

m.vanes · 11-16-2005, 08:56 AM

sure:

mike@sirius:/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/install/netboot/pxelinux.cfg$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1332 2005-10-12 00:40 default

and the pxelinux.cfg is a symlink to ubuntu-installer/i386/pxelinux.cfg

mike@sirius:/var/lib/tftpboot/ubuntu/install/netboot$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2005-11-16 12:51 pxelinux.0 -> ubuntu-installer/i386/pxelinux.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2005-11-16 12:51 pxelinux.cfg -> ubuntu-installer/i386/pxelinux.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-10-12 00:40 ubuntu-installer

m.vanes · 11-16-2005, 11:46 AM

Allright, seems to be fixed after I add: next-server <my tftp server>; to my dhcpd.conf file.

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