I basically get to my pxe boot menu, but when i select the rhel option to do the install nothing happens??? Any ideas.
You're almost there but your menu entry looks wrong.
If nothing happens when you attempt to select a menu entry it's almost certain the configuration options are either malformed or the item(s) you're attempting to load (notably, initrd.img and vmlinux) are not actually there.
I am fairly certain "method=" is not a valid option to put on the append line or otherwise. I've never seen it and I've been steeped in the Kickstart world for years. I would take it out.
I realize the forum software may have garbled the linebreaks, but just in case, for cleanliness, put each of these on their own line:
Start with that. If that works then put ks=http://192.168.0.102/kickstart/test.cfg ksdevice=eth0 devfs=nomount back on the append line in the menu config.
If it still doesn't work then be really certain the rhel6.1 folder is in your tftpboot folder and that its permissions are correction; i.e.,
Code:
find -type d /yourtftpbootfolder -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find -type f /yourtftpbootfolder -exec chmod 644 {} \;
If that all looks good and it still doesn't work you can use a tool like tcpdump to watch the tftp traffic to see how the daemon is responding; e.g.,
Code:
tcpdump -n -i eth0 port 69
You might get a clue if it's not finding the file(s) and/or folder(s) and resolve the issue from there.
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I am doing PXE boot for RHEL6.4 on EFI and want to display custom messsage before loading vmlinuz and initrd.img, which is not working.
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grub2-mkimage
GRUB-MKIMAGE(1) General Commands Manual GRUB-MKIMAGE(1)NAME
grub-mkimage -- Make a bootable GRUB image.
SYNOPSIS
grub-mkimage [-c | --config=FILE] [-C | --compression=(xz,none,auto)]
[-d | --directory=DIR] [-k | --pubkey=FILE]
[-m | --memdisk=FILE] [-n | --note] [-o | --output=FILE]
[-O | --format=FORMAT] [-p | --prefix=DIR]
[-v | --verbose] MODULES
DESCRIPTION
grub-mkimage builds a bootable image of GRUB.
OPTIONS --config=FILE
Embed FILE as the image's initial configuration file.
--compression=(xz,none,auto)
Use one of xz, none, or auto as the compression method for the core image.
--directory=DIR
Use images and modules from DIR. The default value is /usr/lib/grub/<platform>.
--pubkey=FILE
Embed the public key FILE for signature checking.
--memdisk=FILE
Embed the memdisk image FILE. If no -p option is also specified, this implies -p (memdisk)/boot/grub.
--note Add a CHRP NOTE section. This option is only valid on IEEE1275 platforms.
--output=FILE
Write the generated file to FILE. The default is to write to standard output.
--format=FORMAT
Generate an image in the specified FORMAT. Valid values are:
i386-coreboot, i386-multiboot, i386-pc, i386-pc-pxe, i386-efi, i386-ieee1275, i386-qemu, x86_64-efi, mipsel-yeeloong-flash,
mipsel-fuloong2f-flash, mipself-loongson-elf, powerpc-ieee1275, sparc64-ieee1275-raw, sparc64-ieee1275-cdcore,
sparc64-ieee1275-aout, ia64-efi, mips-arc, mipsel-arc, mipsel-qemu_mips-elf, mips-qemu_mips-flash, mipsel-qemu_mips-flash, mips-
qemu_mips-elf
--prefix=DIR
Set prefix directory. The default value is /boot/grub.
--verbose
Print verbose messages.
MODULES
Include MODULES.
SEE ALSO
info grub
Wed Feb 26 2014 GRUB-MKIMAGE(1)