FWIW,

We were able to find a box with a display to netboot. The netboot kernel
appears to boot fine until it reaches the "eth0" adapter which it brings
up in gigabit mode, but then hangs after that. There do not appear to be
any error messages displayed.


Mike

Mike Heffner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have setup our Linux DHCP to route the correct tftp requests to our
> G5 Desktop headnode that is running Y-imager with the serial collector
> image activated. The tftp server on the G5 appears to receive the
> correct tftp requests, but the host never sends its serial number to the
> Y-imager utility. Any ideas on how to debug this? Unfortunately the
> completely headless xserves make it difficult to track down.
>
> Apr  7 18:38:54 deb in.tftpd[20243]: RRQ from 192.168.18.80 filename
> ofboot.b
> Apr  7 18:38:55 deb in.tftpd[20244]: RRQ from 192.168.18.80 filename yaboot
> Apr  7 18:38:58 deb in.tftpd[20245]: RRQ from 192.168.18.80 filename
> yaboot.conf
> Apr  7 18:39:05 deb in.tftpd[20248]: RRQ from 192.168.18.80 filename kernel
> Apr  7 18:39:09 deb in.tftpd[20249]: RRQ from 192.168.18.80 filename
> initrd.img
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Heffner wrote:
>> Also, is there a way to get Y-imager to work in an environment that
>> already has an established DHCP server for the network (running on a
>> Linux box) and the G5 desktop headnode is just an additional node on the
>> network?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>



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  Mike Heffner <mike.heffner@ever...>
  EverGrid Software
  Blacksburg, VA USA

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