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 > -- > Michael Hannon mailto:[log in to unmask] > Dept. of Physics 530.752.4966 > University of California 530.752.4717 FAX > Davis, CA 95616-8677 >