Re: PXE boot and root filesystem via iSCSI on SLES 11

carlopmart wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>  I am trying to boot a SLES 11 server from iSCSI storage using a PXE 
> boot server without luck. To accomplish this I followed this guide (used 
> for SLES10): 
> http://www.novell.com/communities/node/7034/pxe-booting-nfs-or-iscsi-roots-diskless-environment. 
> 
> 
>  I think my problem is with default gateway. This SLES 11 server has two 
> ethernet nics: one attached to iSCSI storage and another attached to my 
> internal lan. Ok, first installation phase goes well, I can partition 
> disk, install grub, select software, etc. But when server reboots to 
> initiate second installation phase, start process stops sometimes on 
> "Starting udev:", sometimes when "logging to console" ...It's completely 
> random.
> 
>  But, second installation phase becomes possible when I put as default 
> gateway an IP from iSCSI network ... Obviously, I need default gateway 
> configured on nic attached to my internal network, but it doesn't works.
> 
>  I know that this scenario isn't supported by Novell, but I need to 
> install this server on a iSCSI lun and boot from it. And another point: 
> this server is installed under a VMWare ESXi 4 server.
> 
>  Can somebody helps me?
> 
> More info: (all IPs that appears are from iSCSI network)
> 
> a) PXE server configuration:
> 
> # SuSE Enterprise Linux 11 Server Installation
> #label sles11
> #  kernel sles11-x86_64/linux
> #  append initrd=sles11-x86_64/initrd-install 
> ip=172.26.60.4:172.26.60.5:0.0.0.0:255.255.255.248:iscsicli03:eth0:none 
> vga=normal showopts ramdisk_size=65536 
> install=http://172.25.50.18/install usessh=1
> sshpassword=joder1234 TargetAddress=172.26.60.1 withiscsi=1
> 
> # SuSE Enterprise Linux 11 Server
> label sles11
>   kernel sles11-x86_64/vmlinuz
>   append initrd=sles11-x86_64/initrd 
> ip=172.26.60.4:172.26.60.5:0.0.0.0:255.255.255.248:iscsicli03:eth0:none 
> vga=normal showopts TargetAddress=172.26.60.1 
> root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-149455400000000000000
> 0000020000000100000002000000-part2 
> resume=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-1494554000000000000000000020000000100000002000000-part1 
> splash=silent
> 
> implicit        0
> display         message
> prompt          1
> timeout         100
> 
> 
> b) My dhcpd.conf
> 
> ddns-updates off;
> ddns-update-style none;
> ignore client-updates;
> 
> subnet 172.26.60.0 netmask 255.255.255.248 {
>         range dynamic-bootp             172.26.60.4;
>         option routers                  172.26.60.5;
>         option subnet-mask              255.255.255.248;
> #       option domain-name              "virt.hpulabs.org";
> #       option domain-name-servers      172.26.50.14;
>         default-lease-time              21600;
>         max-lease-time                  43200;
>         next-server                     172.26.60.6;
>         filename                        "pxelinux.0";
> }
> 
> host iscsicli03 {
>         hardware ethernet 00:16:3e:ca:2d:f4;
>         fixed-address 172.26.60.4;
> 

Please, any help?

-- 
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com
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