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Topic: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

Hardware:

HP BL460c
CPU 1 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2666 MHz 
Memory 6144 MB 

I get the following error during boot from PXE, it works in my virtual machine env:

floppy0: no floppy controlers found
kernel panic - not syncing.Attempting to kill init!


ANy ides guys?

using 3.9.4

here is my default file:

label GParted Live
kernel vmlinuz1
append initrd=initrd1.img ramdisk_size=320000 boot=live union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=788 fetch=http://<serveripaddress>:8350/gparted-live-0.3.9-4/filesystem.squashfs
say "Loading GParted 0.3.9-4..."

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

Hello shocko,

I think kernel vmlinuz doesn't find "filesystem.squashfs". There is a parameter "live-media-path=" in the "append initrd=" line, which must be set, if "filesystem.squashfs" is not present at its default location "/live".  I'm not quite sure, whether network addresses are allowed here, just try it. If it gets stored locally with the "fetch="-method, indicate the local storage folder instead. Perhaps you need a delay.

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cmdr

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

hmm, i'm not sure that is the issue as it loads up the .squashfs file when i run it in VMWARE. I'll check again and get back to you.

Thanks for the reply!

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

unfortuanley same it works fine in vmware. Strange, i have follwed all instructions from the website and just cant get it to work on my HP servers. Works fine on a Dell Optiplex <any versions> and works fine when i boot the HP blade from a USB stick with the same gparted version.

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

Any one help me here? Anyone able to get something similar working??

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

strange, i'm starting to think you're right and that my blade isn't fetcjing the squashfs.filesystemfile. I tested a toshiba laptop on the switch that server is using and it worked fine so my default file and options are ok. I will try and disable one of the nics in the server and try again

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Re: PXE Boot - Kernel panic

No joy. I'm going to try and incorporate the squashfs.filesystem into the intitrd file instead as this works fine over USB and CD