[SOLVED] Need help with install by pxe on a headless machine

mago · 02-25-2011, 09:01 PM

Hello Fellow Slackers:
I'm trying to install Slackware-13.1 on a headless machine using PXE.
I have the TFTP, DHCP, DNS, PXE part cover, but I hit a wall and honestly I don't know how to proceed so I lool for advice.

So here it goes, the machine is a SBC with an AMD Geode
with 256 of ram and a SSD of 1 GB.

I can see through the serial console the boot menu of the installation. I select the huge.s kernel and append the serial console information so I can keep installing through it and then nothing.

Code:

boot: huge.s append="vt.default_utf8=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8"     n
Loading kernels/huge.s/bzImage..................................................
Loading initrd.img..............................................................
Ready.                                                                          
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Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.

mRgOBLIN · 02-26-2011, 12:56 AM

you might need to add something like this to that boot: command

Code:

nic=auto:eth0:dhcp kbd=us

Not 100% sure that the "auto" will with 13.1 so perhaps use "nic=tg3" or whatever module it requires.

mago · 02-26-2011, 01:05 AM

Thank you for your post.

I do have the nics working since the boot loader is over the network, is the redirection to the serial console what is killing me. Once the initrd has load I don't get output on the serial.

Darth Vader · 02-26-2011, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mago

Hello Fellow Slackers:
I'm trying to install Slackware-13.1 on a headless machine using PXE.
I have the TFTP, DHCP, DNS, PXE part cover, but I hit a wall and honestly I don't know how to proceed so I lool for advice.

So here it goes, the machine is a SBC with an AMD Geode
with 256 of ram and a SSD of 1 GB.

I can see through the serial console the boot menu of the installation. I select the huge.s kernel and append the serial console information so I can keep installing through it and then nothing.

Code:

boot: huge.s append="vt.default_utf8=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8"     n
Loading kernels/huge.s/bzImage..................................................
Loading initrd.img..............................................................
Ready.                                                                          
�

Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.

Looks like that huge.s kernel don't work in your machine. It don't even start. You are sure that is it compatible with your hardware?

XGizzmo · 02-26-2011, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mago

Code:

boot: huge.s append="vt.default_utf8=0 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,38400n8"     n

You don't need the append= or the quotes or console=tty0 in there.
Remove all that stuff and try it again.

DonnieP · 02-27-2011, 08:34 AM

Actually, you do need to append console= if you're using a serial console. Also, does your /etc/inittab have a serial line uncommented? My armedslack installation has this in the serial line section. You may have to adjust speed, etc.

Code:

s0:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 115200 ttyS0 vt100

mago · 03-25-2011, 11:59 PM

@XGizzmo and @DonnieP, You guys rock, sorry for the slow response.

Too much work and too much travelling.

I'm good now.