Re: [Thinstation-general] PXE Boot Failure

[Mike E. <thi...@gm...>]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:36 PM, keebs <an...@ai...> wrote:
>
> The more I understand about Thinstation, the less I understand about
> Thinstation.
>
> I have been unable to boot Thinstation on a Dell GX270. I've had many, many
> failures along the way. Initially I burned a few isos, but all of the discs
> froze. I've now moved to a PXE boot because I'm tired of making coasters,
> but I cannot get any version beyond 2.2.2d to even begin booting.
>
> I have two working tftp servers I have tried - same result. One is the
> recommended tftp32 for windows
>
> I turn the system on and force pxe boot in bios
> The PXE boot begins
> DHCP assigns an IP and the tftp server info
> the client picks up the files from the tftp server
> freezes @ an error message: Could not find kernel image: diag/vesamenu.c32

That's trivial. You haven't gotten the proper files setup. The later
2.2.2 versions came with a sexy GUI boot menu that eventually turned
out to be too complicated for many users.

You have two possibilities: either you disable the GUI boot menu (move
one sym link: default.tpl -> default.tpl.menu to default.tpl ->
default.tpl.plain) or you just install pxe-everything.tar.gz on your
tftpd.

Mike

> I've determined that vesamenu.c32 was included in the syslinux distro, so I
> downloaded the most recent distro, made a "diag" directory in the TFTP root,
> and copied the vesamenu.c32 into that directory.
>
> Now I don't receive the error message, but I also don't get anywhere further
> - it just sits there.
>
> I've set-up my files on the TFTP server per the install instructions in the
> TS-o-matic:
>
> - "vmlinuz", "initrd", "pxelinux.0" and "thinstation.conf.network" are in my
> TFTP servers' root directory
> - I made a directory named "pxelinux.cfg" under the TFTP servers root
> directory and copy
> the file "default" to it
> - I edited "thinstation.conf.network" appropriately
> - I reviewed "pxelinux.txt", but it contradicts the above information and if
> the above info was wrong, I don't think I would have gotten this far.
>
> as far as I know dhcp is configured properly - I am using a windows DHCP
> server
>
> Any help is appreciated!! Been fighting with this off and on for weeks... TY
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