Re: [Clonezilla-live] Can't make the CloneZilla boot on pxe

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

On 09/20/2011 11:49 AM, Sense Zeng wrote:
> I don't think it NIC support problem. Because on that host I install
> ubuntu 11.04, it's working fine. And I use another mechine (different
> type of NIC) pxe boot CloneZilla, it stop at the same place (show
> something like ... eth0: link becomes ready). It seem like the
> fetch=tftp://... step don't work.
I do have no idea... It does work here...
Did you find any clue in your system log file, e.g. /var/log/daemon.log,
/var/log/syslog, /var/log/messages.

Steven.
> 
> 2011/9/19 Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>:
>> So do you know any version of GNU/Linux support your NIC?
>>
>> Steven.
>>
>> On 09/17/2011 04:11 PM, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>> I try Clonezilla live 20110912-natty and 20110912-oneiric, it stop at
>>> the same place.
>>>
>>> 2011/9/15 Steven Shiau <st...@nc...>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2011/9/8 下午 04:53, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I test the Clonezilla-live-1.2.9-19-i486, it's pxe boot can't work for me
>>>>> too.
>>>>> Folow was what I do:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Use ubuntu 10.04.3 as server
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) Install atftpd as tftp server
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) Set path /tftpboot as tftpd root
>>>>>
>>>>> 4) download clonezilla-live-1.2.9-19-i486.zip and unzip. Copy all the
>>>>> file in path cd/live/ to /tftpboot/clonezilla/
>>>>>
>>>>> 5) Copy the files like pxelinux.0 to the tftp root, and edit the
>>>>> default file like
>>>>>     ...
>>>>>        kernel clonezilla/vmlinuz
>>>>>        APPEND initrd=clonezilla/initrd.img boot=live config  noswap
>>>>> nolocales edd=on nomodeset ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general"
>>>>> ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="" ocs_live_batch="no"
>>>>> ocs_lang="" vga=788   nosplash noprompt
>>>>> fetch=tftp://172.16.3.14/clonezilla/filesystem.squashfs
>>>>> ocs_server="172.16.3.14"
>>>>>    ...
>>>>>
>>>>> 6) Install dhcp3-server and set some thing like
>>>>>  ...
>>>>>  filename "/pxelinux.0";
>>>>>  ...
>>>>>
>>>>> 7) Then set the workstation pxe boot. It away stop at
>>>>>  ...
>>>>> Begin: Running /scripts/live-premount ... Waiting for ethernet card(s)
>>>>> up... If this fails, maybe the ethernet card is not supported by the
>>>>> kernel 2.6.39-2-486?
>>>>> [10.101732] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
>>>>> IP-Config: eth0 hardware address 00:16:d3:be:9f:dd mtu 1500 DHCP RARP
>>>>> [11.717627] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex
>>>>> [11.717627] tg3 0000:02:00.0: eth0 : Flow control is off for TX and off
>>>>> for RX
>>>>> [11.717627] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
>>>>
>>>> Maybe this is kernel support issue, especially the tg3 driver need some
>>>> non-free firmware.
>>>> So could you please give Clonezilla live 20110912-natty or 20110912-oneiric
>>>> a try? They come with some of the non-free firmware and it might help.
>>>>
>>>> Steven.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Don't know how to make it work :(
>>>>>
>>>>> 2011/8/17 Sense Zeng<opa...@gm...>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use the version is clonezilla-live-1.2.8-46-i686. Maybe I should
>>>>>> test the new version. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2011/8/17 Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So now which version of Clonezilla live did you try?
>>>>>>> Did you give the latest one, i.e. 1.2.10-6 a try?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 08/12/2011 04:23 PM, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for response! My computer just one network card.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2011/8/10 Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 08/08/2011 03:30 PM, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help and sorry for my late response.
>>>>>>>>>> I try to use
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>   KERNEL Clonezilla-live-vmlinuz
>>>>>>>>>>   APPEND initrd=Clonezilla-live-initrd.img boot=live config  noswap
>>>>>>>>>> nolocales edd=on nomodeset ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general"
>>>>>>>>>> ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_keymap="" ocs_live_batch="no"
>>>>>>>>>> ocs_lang="" vga=788   nosplash noprompt
>>>>>>>>>> fetch=tftp://192.168.1.182/Clonezilla-live-filesystem.squashfs
>>>>>>>>>> ocs_server="192.168.1.182"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> in my default file, but it doesn't work for me. It stop at "eth0:
>>>>>>>>>> link
>>>>>>>>>> becomes ready".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This looks like you have two or more network cards?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is it  Clonezilla-live-vmlinuz and
>>>>>>>>>> Clonezilla-live-initrd.img directly copy from the clonezhilla livecd?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes. The only differences are the file names.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2011/7/18 Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for the late response. I am traveling in Europe.
>>>>>>>>>> Sure. The config file is attached, and you can check the last part
>>>>>>>>>> "label Clonezilla-live".
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 07/06/2011 02:55 PM, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you show me your pxelinux.cfg/default? Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2011/7/6 Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In that case, maybe the problem is on the NIC driver. At least
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Clonezilla
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> live 1.2.8-46 works with my PXE server here.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about giving Clonezilla live 1.2.9-12 a try?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Steven.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2011/7/1
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> H 08:28, Sense Zeng wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Server was ok. It can pxe boot the linux installer. It seams
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dhcpd and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tftpd was work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2011/7/1 Steven Shiau<st...@nc...>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you check /var/log/daemons.log, /var/log/syslog,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /var/log/messages
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on your server?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe you can find some clues.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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