hi all of you

i tried to install rhel6.1 64-bit O/S on sun v20Z

my setup is

I installed rhel6.1 on EsXI
this system has two nics
eth0 192.168.15.245
eth1 192.168.100.5 hear i configured dhcp

I installed PXE tftp setup on 192.168.100.5
I tested in local environment it's working fine.

My sun v20z sys is mounted on rack space i gave direct cable connection
192.168.100.5 to sun v20z sys

I enabled network boot.
I rebooted. the dhcp proses is completed initrd.img is loaded
but it is hanged up after loading the vmlinuz. In the console it's displaying the. ?? and Y


i tried to install through dvd rom it's not working i din't see any errors it is going on hardisk boot.


please give solution.

regards.
ramesh.

hi

i edited the pxe defalt file

befor modification file state
######
timeout 100
default menu.c32
menu title $$$$$$$$$ Welcome to PXE installation $$$$$$$$$
label 1
menu label 1) RHEL6.1 64bit
kernel rhel6/vmlinuz
append initrd=rhel6/initrd.img network ks=http://192.168.100.5/rhel6/ks1.cfg
###########3
i googled and edited last line of the file
#####
append console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0 initrd=rhel6/initrd.img network ks=http://192.168.100.5/rhel6/ks1.cfg
#####
now it finished check hardware checkup

it's hanged up at

Freeing unused kernel memory: 1232k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 10240k
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1112k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1796k freed



what is this error means please guide

thanks in advance.

Hi Ramesh

Install The O.s (RHEL.6.1) on sun fire V20z with direct monitor,We tested it and its successed.

There is a problem with console. So gothrough the monotor.

Thank U.

yours
RambabuKella