Kernel loads but then stops

Sergio Medina smedinavallejo at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 12:03:42 CEST 2005


Hi all.
I'm trying to install Debian in some HP BL10e G2 server blades but
when booting them from PXE it stops on "Loading
vmlinuz-install....Ready". I've seen on documentation that next line
should be "Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the Kernel."
Any ide on why loading stops at that point?

Here are some logs:

(Shown at the blade console)
My IP address seems to be C0A82DCB 192.168.45.203
ip=192.168.45.203:192.168.45.209:192.168.45.1:255.255.255.0
TFTP prefix:
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-00-0e-7f-30-3f-f6
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/C0A82DCB
Loading vmlinuz-install........................Ready.
---- Here it stops and then nothing ----

(syslog of the fai server. It seems like if the install-client is able
to mount the nfsroot)
Jul 21 09:56:28 mama dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:28 mama dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:29 mama dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.45.203
(192.168.45.209) from 00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:29 mama dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:29 mama in.tftpd[23842]: tftp: client does not accept options
Jul 21 09:56:38 mama dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:38 mama dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:3f:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:38 mama dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.45.203
(192.168.45.209) from 00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:38 mama dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:56:38 mama mountd[30584]: authenticated mount request from
medusa4.labsgi.es:800 for /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot (/usr/lib/fai/nfsroot)
Jul 21 09:57:12 mama dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:57:12 mama dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:57:12 mama dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.45.203
(192.168.45.209) from 00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0
Jul 21 09:57:12 mama dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.45.203 to
00:0e:7f:30:bc:f6 via eth0

Any help is welcome.
Thanks in advance



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