[syslinux] PXELINUX, pxechain.com and Etherboot
Joyce Yu
Joyce.Yu at Sun.COM
Mon May 18 22:06:13 PDT 2009
Michael,
I am really not using any special software. Under the /tftpboot/solaris:
=================
# ls
S11_112 S11_112_multiboot S11_112_pxegrub S11_112_x86.miniroot
# file *
S11_112: directory
S11_112_multiboot: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1
(SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
S11_112_pxegrub: data
S11_112_x86.miniroot: sticky gzip compressed data, was "mr1650", from Unix
# cd /tftpboot/solaris/S11_112/platform/i86pc/kernel
# ls
amd64 unix
*S11_112_pxegrub is the boot loader that shipped with Solaris image
===================
Here is the what in the dhcpd.conf:
============================
group {
use-host-decl-names on;
# "filename" specifies the pxelinux image on the tftp server
which will be
# served to the PXE clients. The configured tftp server on
xx.xx.xx.xx runs
# in a "change-root jail" to /tftpboot
host lab-s1 {
hardware ethernet xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx;
fixed-address xx.xx.xx.xx;
filename "pxelinux.0";
}
host lab-s2 { <================== MY SYSTEM loading Solaris
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
fixed-address xx.xx.xx.xx;
filename "solaris/S11_112_pxegrub";
}
}
===================================
Thanks,
Joyce
On 05/18/09 08:24 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 May 2009 01:22:26 Joyce Yu wrote:
>
>> When I used Etherboot 5.4, I never got any problem to load Solaris in my
>> lab setup. But I got "Error 25, Disk read Error" when gPXE was used. the
>> following is the output messages:
>> ==========================
>> Boot 'Solaris No Jumpstart'
>>
>> kernel /solaris/S11_112/platform/i86pc/kernel/unix -v -m verbose install
>> -B install_mdeia=xx.xx.xx.xx:/images/solaris/S11_112/
>>
>> Error 25: Disk read error
>> ===========================
>> ps; xx.xx.xx.xx is the ip address of the lab PXE server
>>
>> In the same setup, Etherboot has no problem to load the same image.
>>
>
> What software are you using in addition to gPXE/Etherboot in order to attempt
> your network boot? (The "Error 25: Disk read error" is not a message that
> either gPXE or Etherboot can produce.)
>
> It would be helpful if you could describe the setup that you are using.
>
> Michael
>
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