Re: start of pxes failed

Two things to try:
1) run pxesconfig from a terminal window to see if there're any message
2) download a PreBuilt image (PB) and replace the one you've built

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:58:44PM +0000, Henning Ryll wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 13. November 2003 21:20 schrieb Diego Torres Milano:
> > Check the file /tftpboot/pxes/pxelinux.cfg/default (or the corresponding
> > file in your TFTP server) and change the value of ramdisk_size to 32767 (if
> > your thin client has 64 Mb RAM).
> >
> 
> Ok, I have rechecked the ramdisk_size again. There are 3 entry's in 
> default.conf. But all with the same size. (I have changed the first of them 
> yesterday). But same behaviour all the time. The client has 128MB RAM.
> 
> default 1
> prompt 1
> timeout 600
> display pxes.msg
> F1 pxes.msg
> 
> label 1
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-6pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null 
> initrd=pxes-0.6.initrd root=/dev/ram
> 
> label 2
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-6pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 initrd=pxes-0.6.initrd root=/dev/ram
> 
> label pxes
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-6pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro initrd=pxes-0.6.initrd root=/dev/ram
> 
> 
> > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 09:00:36PM +0000, Henning Ryll wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > as you know, I'm a newbie here and it's the first time I get my tftp
> > > server running.
> > > I have configured pxes (X-Desktop) with pxesconfig, and transferred all
> > > the files from /tftpboot/pxes to my tftp server.
> > > When starting the client, I get the pxes start picture and a boot prompt.
> > > After pressing enter there are some normal boot messages, but the I
> > > receive 'etc/init.d/rcS cannot create /var/log/bootmsg: directory
> > > nonexistant' afterwards I get hundreds of messages
> > > 'Bummer, could not run /bin/startx no such file or directory'
> > >
> > > How can I figure out where is the problem?
> > > Any help is welcome.
> > >
> > > Henning
> > >
> > >
> > >
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