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I boot machines diskless using DHCP/PXELINUX/dracut-network all the time without
any special problems.
One thing I see you do differently is use "dnsmasq" as your DHCP server.
I use the regular dhcpd.
That's where you see the first failure - your PXE loader does not get any DHCP reply - maybe dnsmasq
is somehow not compatible with your PXE client?
Second thing you have different is the initrd image file - it looks like you are booting initrd
from the installer. But maybe that that is what you want - just boot the diskless installer.
My instructions for diskless network boot are here:
http://www.triumf.info/wiki/DAQwiki/index.php/VME-CPU#Network_boot
K.O.
On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 02:07:00AM -0700, Mahmood N wrote:
> Hi,
> I have stuck at the first step of diskless boot in Scietific linux! So any idea is appreciated
>
>
> I am using virtualBox on Windows 7 and I have installed a SL6.3 guest as the server and another guest as the diskless client.
>
> The server configs are
>
> 1)
> # ls /var/lib/tftpboot/ -R
> /var/lib/tftpboot/:
> menu.c32 pxelinux.0 pxelinux.cfg sl6 /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg:
> default /var/lib/tftpboot/sl6:
> initrd.img vmlinuz
>
>
> 2)
> # cat /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
> timeout 100
> default menu.c32
> menu title ########## PXE Boot Menu ##########
> label 1
> menu label ^1) Install Scientific Linux 6
> kernel sl6/vmlinuz
> append initrd=sl6/initrd.img method=http://10.0.2.51/sl6 devfs=nomount
> label 2
> menu label ^2) Boot from local drive
> localboot
>
> 3)
> # cat /etc/dnsmasq.conf
>
> no-resolv
>
> no-poll
>
> interface=eth2
>
> domain=hpclab
>
> expand-hosts
>
> dhcp-range=10.0.2.52,10.0.2.100,static
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> dhcp-option=42,0.0.0.0
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> dhcp-boot=pxelinux.0
>
> enable-tftp
>
> tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot
>
> dhcp-host=08:00:27:69:73:7A,ws04,10.0.2.52
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>
>
> Now when I start the client, I receive this error
>
>
> CLIENT MAC ADDR: 08 00 27 69 73 7A GUID: EF720459-193C-4558-8C46-15FF790FCD1C
> PXE-E51: No DHCP or proxyDHCP offers were received
>
>
> As you can see below, both server and client have the same network type "Internal Network" and the same adapter "PCnet-Fast III". Please see the pictures
> http://i.stack.imgur.com/wapyf.jpg
> http://i.stack.imgur.com/XkRIc.jpg
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> http://i.stack.imgur.com/amijN.jpg
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>
>
> What is the problem?
> Regards,
> Mahmood
>
>
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Konstantin Olchanski
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