[syslinux] PXE/Memdisk/bootimage having a fight

Mr Tyrese tyreseonline at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 10:02:03 PDT 2005


On 12 Aug 2005, at 17:57, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Mr Tyrese wrote:
>
>> On 12 Aug 2005, at 17:48, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>>> Mr Tyrese wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have tried to get this working SO many times, everywhere I  
>>>> look  on  the web tells me i have this correct.
>>>> I have the following stanza in my /tftboot/lts/pxelinux.cfg/default
>>>> label Ghost
>>>> kernel memdisk
>>>> append initrd=netboot.img
>>>> For some reason, it doesn't work - I get the error messages
>>>> Missing parameter in config file
>>>> Could not find kernel image: linux
>>>> boot:
>>>> The netboot.img is in the same directory as the linux kernel,   
>>>> which  boots fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> They *should* be in the /tftboot/lts/ directory, together with  
>>> the  pxelinux.0 file.  Are they?
>>>
>>>     -hpa
>>>
>>>
>> yes they are.
>> Also, i'm trying to get a menu system up, but that is failing me too.
>>
>
> My guess, based on the error messages, is that you have put  
> "default" in your config file instead of "default Ghost".
>
>     -hpa
>
I have only one config file that I'm editing. It's /tftboot/lts/ 
pxelinux.cfg/default

That's the file that my clients are told to get from DHCP
When they get that file, i want them to have a choice, of what to  
load. I'm not sure where I should put default Ghost




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