1 Topic by rogersa2k (edited by rogersa2k 2015-06-02 19:09:35)

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Topic: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

I have the following in my PXE boot file (though I've modified the paths to shorten things and used hxxp so I could post here). I primarily use GParted Live for VMware VMs. Note that this works just fine for gparted-live-0.21.xxx. Any ideas?

label GParted Live 0.22.0-2-i586
  menu label GParted Live 0.22.0-2-i586
  kernel vmlinuz
  append initrd=initrd.img boot=live config union=aufs noswap noprompt vga=normal locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=en gl_batch fetc
h=hxxp://myhost/filesystem.squashfs

http://oi57.tinypic.com/2popl53.jpg

I did try changing the append line back to the default as found in the docs/FAQ.

Thanks,
Aaron

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Re: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

The GParted Live 0.22.0-2 image was created using the isohybrid --uefi option.  See Bug 749500 - GParted Live .iso not bootable on UEFI if dd'd to USB drive

The previous GParted Live 0.22.0-1 image and earlier images did not use this option.  Perhaps this change is related to the problem you experienced?

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Re: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

I guess I'm confused about what to do next, if anything? neutral

Thanks,
Aaron

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Re: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

You might try GParted Live 0.22.0-1 to see if it will work.  If it does, then the problem is likely related to the new "isohybrid --uefi" option.

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Re: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

Due to the new Linux kernel (v4) in GParted live, and the new live-boot (v4) the boot parameters have been changed.
You can check the isolinux/isolinux.cfg for more details. The key changes are:
1. union=overlay, not "union=aufs" anymore.
2. new parameter "components" has to be added.
So the complete pxelinux config is like:
KERNEL GParted-live-vmlinuz
  APPEND initrd=GParted-live-initrd.img boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap noeject  ip=  nosplash  noprompt fetch=tftp://192.168.1.254/GParted-live-filesystem.squashfs

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6 Reply by rogersa2k (edited by rogersa2k 2015-06-15 21:40:15)

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Re: gparted-live-0.22.0-2-i586 PXE boot fails

I finally got a chance to get back to this. I was able to get GParted Live to boot but I have one minor issue. I will start a new thread about that.

Thanks!
- Aaron