Michael,

I inadvertently left off the /images/pxeboot directory  off of cd 3.
You can download that directory from

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/302/i386/images/SL/pxeboot/

Here are the contents of the images/SL directory on
ftp.scientificlinux.org

  bootdisk.img  boot.iso  drvblock.img  drvnet.img  pcmciadd.img  pxeboot
  README

and of images/SL/pxeboot/

  initrd.img  README  vmlinuz

-Connie Sieh
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Michael Hannon wrote:

> Greetings.  I think we've straightened out the kinks in our PXE
> installation for SL 3.0.1.  Flushed with success, I figured we might as
> well move on to SL 3.0.2.  We immediately ran into trouble: I couldn't
> find any kernel or RAM disk for pxeboot in the 3.0.2 tree.
>
> In the tree for SL 3.0.1 we had:
>
> -----
> [root@ucd-host pxeboot]# pwd
> /SL/3.0.1/images/pxeboot
>
> [root@ucd-host pxeboot]# ls
> README  initrd.img  vmlinuz
>
> [root@ucd-host pxeboot]# cat README
> The files in this directory are useful for booting a machine via PXE.
>
> The following files are available:
> vmlinuz - the BOOT kernel used for the installer
> initrd.img - an initrd with support for all install methods and
>      drivers supported for installation of Red Hat Linux
> -----
>
> On the other hand, here's the situation for 3.0.2:
>
> -----
> [root@ucd-host 3.0.2]# pwd
> /SL/3.0.2
>
> [root@ucd-host 3.0.2]# find . -name '*[pP][xX][eE]*' -ls
>   33813   92 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root        86079 Jun  2 20:00
> ./SL/RPMS/pxe-0.1-36.i386.rpm
> -----
>
> To construct the /SL/3.0.2 tree I downloaded the four 3.0.2 ISO files from:
>
>      ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/302/iso/i386/
>
> I then mounted each one in turn as a "loop" device:
>
>      mount -o loop SL.302.062904.i386.disc1.iso /mnt/disk
>
> and then just "tarred" the contents to the /SL/3.0.2/ directory:
>
>      cd /mnt/disk
>      tar xvf - .  | (cd /SL/3.0.2; tar xvfp -)
>
> I then umounted /mnt/disk, mounted the second ISO, etc. (lather, rinse,
> repeat).  I don't see how this could have missed any files, but if I'm
> overlooking the obvious, please let me know.
>
> I tried to fool the installer by using the PXE kernel and RAM disk from
> the 3.0.1 distribution.  I got only a very short way into the
> installation before I got the error message:
>
>      The Scientific Linux installation
>      tree in that directory does not
>      seem to match your boot media.
>
> Stupid install trick No. 2: I tried using the kernel and RAM disk from
> the .../3.0.2/isolinux directory for the PXE boot.  That gave a series
> of obscure (to me) anaconda errors, which I won't bother to duplicate here.
>
> What am I missing?  Thanks.
>
>                             - Mike
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> Michael Hannon            mailto:[log in to unmask]
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> Davis, CA 95616-8677
>