Re: PXES 8 not working (but 5 did)

> Hey, Diego.  Thanks again for your assistance.
>
> On Thursday 06 May 2004 03:58 pm, Diego Torres Milano wrote:
>> > Diego,
>> >
>> > Yes, the prebuilt image works, but whenever I build one of my own
>> using pxesconfig, it never works -- not matter how simple I make the
>> image.
>>
>> Can you explain "never works" ?
> from my first post:
>
> =============================================
>
>
>  have tested my tftp, and it seems to work, I can pull the kernel image
> just
> fine.  I have increased by ramdrive size to 32M in lilo (for all
> options):
Do you mean PXELINUX instead of LILO. A simmilar syntax but very different
boot loaders.
>
> =====================<snip>==========================
> .
> .
> .
> label 1
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> squash root=/dev/ram
>
> label pxes
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro initrd=pxes-0.8.initrd root=/dev/ram
>
> label 2
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> initrd root=/dev/ram
>
> label initrd
>    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
> initrd=pxes-0.8.
> initrd root=/dev/ram
> ======================</snip>===========================
>
> What happens is this:  I get my graphical lilo screen, and everything
> looks  good.  I get a boot: prompt and all my lilo choices.  If I choose
> the  default, I get the framebuffer pxes icon at the top of the screen
> with a  cursor under it, then it just hangs.
If you're using a squashed image, the ramdisk_size is equal to the size of
thiis image.
i.e:
# ls -l pxes*.squash
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      5644288 Mar 25 01:06
/tftpboot/pxes/pxes-0.8.squash

this implies

... ramdisk_size=5700

should work.
How much RAM does your clients have ?
Are you moving the image to another TFTP server ? Is it getting corrupted
in the transfer (ascii) ?
Try making an md5sum before and after.
>
> If I choose the novesa option, then I get this:
> "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, "
> Then it just hangs.
>
> I have rebuild my image a dozen times now, and have it stripped way down
> with  X3 now and no fun options.  Nothing helps
>
> Can someone help me please?
>
> Thank you!
> =========================================================
>
>
>>
>> > Again, I am using pxes .8.  I am using Gentoo linux on a dual PIII
>> IBM Netfinity 4500R.
>> >
>> > The client in question is a dell optiplex g1 with an ATI 3d Rage Pro
>> card, 64  megs of ram and a celeron 333 cpu.
>>
>> Should work.
>>
>> > Also, I noticed that the autoconfig script for X works less
>> effectively than  did .5.1.  .5.1 was able to configure the card
>> nicely at 1024x768 with a  refersh of about 75hz -- .8 only gets it
>> at 800x600 at 60hz.
>>
>> I think the problem is in the monitor autodetection and configuration.
>> In PXES 0.8 default frequencies were changed to Standard SVGA 800x600.
>> You can select the frequencies that better meet your monitor
>> requirements. To test, just add the frequencies in the kernel command
>> line (these are only examples):
>> ... xh="50-70" xv="50-120"
>
> Thanks, I will have to give that a try....
>
>>
>> > Any help is sincerely appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 11:20 pm, Diego Torres Milano wrote:
>> >> Replace your image with the Pre-Built (PB) image and test it again.
>> >>
>> >> > Hello.  I am trying to upgrade our workplace from 0.5.1-35 to .8.
>> >> >
>> >> > I had good luck with 5.1, but I was interested in some of the new
>> >>
>> >> features.
>> >>
>> >> > I have tested my tftp, and it seems to work, I can pull the
>> kernel
>> >>
>> >> image just  fine.  I have increased by ramdrive size to 32M in lilo
>> >>
>> >> (for all options):
>> >> > =====================<snip>==========================
>> >> > .
>> >> > .
>> >> > .
>> >> > label 1
>> >> >    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>> >> >    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
>> >> > initrd=pxes-0.8.
>> >> > squash root=/dev/ram
>> >> >
>> >> > label pxes
>> >> >    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>> >> >    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro initrd=pxes-0.8.initrd
>> root=/dev/ram
>> >> >
>> >> > label 2
>> >> >    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>> >> >    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
>> >> > initrd=pxes-0.8.
>> >> > initrd root=/dev/ram
>> >> >
>> >> > label initrd
>> >> >    kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-10pxes.i586
>> >> >    append ramdisk_size=32768 ro video=vesa vga=771 console=null
>> >> > initrd=pxes-0.8.
>> >> > initrd root=/dev/ram
>> >> > ======================</snip>===========================
>> >> >
>> >> > What happens is this:  I get my graphical lilo screen, and
>> >>
>> >> everything looks  good.  I get a boot: prompt and all my lilo
>> choices.  If I choose the  default, I get the framebuffer pxes icon
>> at the top of the screen with a  cursor under it, then it just
>> hangs.
>> >>
>> >> > If I choose the novesa option, then I get this:
>> >> > "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, "
>> >> > Then it just hangs.
>> >> >
>> >> > I have rebuild my image a dozen times now, and have it stripped
>> way
>> >>
>> >> down with  X3 now and no fun options.  Nothing helps
>> >>
>> >> > Can someone help me please?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you!
>> >> >
>> >> > Chris
>> >> >
>> >> >
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> Chris
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