[syslinux] kernel stops booting process

[Oliver Klein]

Hi 

 

I have a problem with our pxelinux server, the server works for month without any problems. We use syslinux-3.51 version on an FC2 with in.tftp. Today I want to install  a new server, but it fails after loading the kernel and booting stopped with this message 

 

ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
usbcore: registered new driver libusual
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
PNP: PS/2 controller doesn't have AUX irq; using default 12
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md:md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
ACPI: (supports<6>Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
 S0 S1 S4 S5)
Freeing unused kernel memory: 240k freed Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 370k

 

I tested this with different OS like Fedora Core 6 and CentOS-5, both stopped at same time. OpenSUSE stopped after scan the network interface. I have no idea why this happens...in the installserver log I found this 

 

Oct 19 11:35:45 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on XXX.XXX.201.226 to 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 11:35:45 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for XXX.XX.201.226 (XXX.XX201.195) from 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 11:35:45 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on XXX.XX.201.226 to 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 11:38:09 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on XXX.XX201.226 to 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 11:38:11 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for XXX.XX.201.226 (XXX.XX201.195) from 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 11:38:11 srv1 dhcpd: DHCPACK on XXX.XX.201.226 to 00:30:48:85:35:32 via eth1 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20811]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.0 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20812]: RRQ from XXX.XX201.226 filename pxelinux.0 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20813]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/64837263-8462-7493-1212-003048853532

Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20813]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20814]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/01-00-30-48-85-35-32 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20814]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20815]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9ABC9E2 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20815]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20816]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9ABC9E Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20816]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20817]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9ABC9 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20817]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20818]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9ABC Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20818]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20819]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9AB Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20819]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20820]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9A Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20820]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20821]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D9 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20821]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20822]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/D Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20822]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to XXX.XX201.226 Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20823]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/default Oct 19 09:38:11 srv1 in.tftpd[20824]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename vesamenu.c32 Oct 19 09:38:12 srv1 in.tftpd[20825]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename pxelinux.cfg/default Oct 19 09:38:17 srv1 in.tftpd[20826]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename centos-5/i386/vmlinuz Oct 19 09:38:19 srv1 in.tftpd[20827]: RRQ from XXX.XX.201.226 filename /centos-5/i386/initrd.img

You see vmlinuz and initrd.img were loaded but fails with kernel freece message

So any ideas what goes wrong here? THX FOR HELP IN ADVANCE!

 

Mit freundlichem Gruß / Best regards

 

Oliver Klein