Re: [Clonezilla-live] Clonezilla bug

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

In that case, maybe you have to compile the driver and put that for your 
PXE client.
Did you try that?
BTW, do you have any reason to use etherboot instead of gPXE or the 
builtin PXE from the NIC?

Steven.

Zachary Biles wrote:
> It is an atheros card I believe. Also having the same problem with a 
> broadcom card I think.
>
> Zach Biles
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>
> On Feb 6, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Steven Shiau <st...@nc...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Zach,
>> Thank for this bug report. Do you have any idea about the model of
>> network card on the PXE client?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steven.
>>
>> Zach Biles wrote:
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>>> Description of problem:
>>> When client boots on etherboot it will boot up part way and then
>>> error and say that it "failed to mount root filesystem". I do not
>>> believe that any of the given cases are the cause. Except maybe
>>> the network card driver. I had an issue with the network card
>>> when using Clonezilla Live but it was resolved in using the
>>> unstable version. Could that be the same case here?
>>>
>>> How reproducible:
>>> Every time the client boots using etherboot
>>>
>>> Steps to Reproduce:
>>> boot the client using etherboot
>>>
>>> Actual results:
>>> error message "Failed to mount root filesystem!!"
>>>
>>> Expected results:
>>> Should boot into Clonezilla to be able to image the hard drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> Some info about the DRBL environment (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THEM!):
>>> ===
>>> OS version: Ubuntu 9.10
>>> Server arch: i686
>>> Server CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz
>>> Server memory size: 3095216 kB
>>> Server Kernel version: 2.6.31-17-generic
>>> Installed DRBL-related packages: drbl-1.9.5-42 clonezilla-2.3.4-54 $
>>> Client kernel version: 2.6.31-17-386
>>> Client kernel arch: i486
>>> NICs with private IP address in server:
>>> Private IP address in server:
>>> Total client no: 12
>>> Client IP address: 131.212.24.1 131.212.24.10 131.212.24.11 131.212.$
>>> ===
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>>>
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