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Technical => General Support => Topic started by: Drew on May 09, 2013, 12:43:08 PM

Title: loading a custom ubermix image via pxe
Post by: Drew on May 09, 2013, 12:43:08 PM

I am trying to deploy a custom ubermix via PXE.

I have a ubuntu 12.04 server acting as my PXE server.  My netbook will connect and get ip address from the server and starts the vmlinuz-ubuntu kernel with Uberinitrd.gz from the menu entry.

Menu definition is as follows:
Menu label Install Ubermix
       Kernel /ubermix/boot/vmlinuz-ubuntu
       APPEND initrd=Uberinitrd.gz storage=192.168.0.10:/srv/tftp img=ubermix. nofog

I have copied my custom ubermix to the folder /srv/tftp/ubermix

The process begins yet does not deploy the image and I get an error saying Fatal Error: Unknown request type :: Null.

I have even copied a "standard" ubermix img file to this folder and still can't deploy.

Question 1:  Does the Uberinitrd look for "any" image file in the folder designated by the img variable above?
Question 2:  Can I specify which image to load via the menu script?
Question 3:  Which specific file is this process looking for?
Question 4:  Is there a log I can look at for some more intel?

Any and all help would be appreciated

Thanks

Title: Re: loading a custom ubermix image via pxe
Post by: jnetman1 on May 09, 2013, 05:39:29 PM

Try adding "type=down" to the APPEND line. Seems there is still some fog code getting in the way.

Title: Re: loading a custom ubermix image via pxe
Post by: Drew on May 10, 2013, 11:10:59 AM

Adding "type=down" didn't help.  Still drops out to "Fatal Error: Unknown request type :: Null"

Any other suggestions?

Thanks