Need Help PXE Boot Server to boot Ubuntu Desktop Version!!

[Bruce Ferrell]

Yes, something to use as a filesystem has to be available

On 07/07/2014 01:11 AM, Kannan wrote:
> Hello,
> Thanks for the response.
>
> > It *looks* like while you have the kernel and initrd, you haven't specified where to get the > > filesystem:
> > http://partedmagic.com/pxe/
> > shows the iso being specified
>
> I have booted the partition magic successfully. But when I tried to boot the Ubuntu Live CD it was failed. Do you mean that for Ubuntu also I need to pass the DVD?
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Kannan <kannan4k at gmail.com <mailto:kannan4k at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>     I am trying to boot Ubuntu Desktop ISO using PXE Boot server in Ubuntu 10.04 desktop version.
>     Please find the below steps that I have followed. the following setup worked for Partition Magic Linux distribution (for this don't need a NFS setup).
>     But to boot the Ubuntu version, I have setup the NFS drive and I got the below error. and I am thinking that is creating the problem.
>
>     *"Kernel Panic - Unable to boot root file system " with some hex codes. *
>     *Can anyone know how to fix this!!!*
>
>
>     *_Server Side_*
>     These steps were tested in *Ubuntu 10.04 LTS* version on a hardware machine. Target Operating System is Parted Magic, this is like any other Linux distribution.
>     *
>     *
>     *1) Install necessary DHCP & TFTP packages*
>     *
>     *
>     *sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server openbsd-inetd lftp tftpd-hpa*
>     /
>     /
>     *2) **DHCP Setup*
>
>       * Edit /etc/default/dhcp3-server, Ethernet interface for DHCP service
>
>             *INTERFACES="eth0"*
>
>       * Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf, my  DHCP service configuration looks like
>
>
>             *default-lease-time 600;*
>
>             *max-lease-time 7200;*
>
>             *subnet 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 <tel:255.255.255.0> {*
>
>             *    range 192.168.10.50 <tel:192.168.10.50> 192.168.10.100;*
>
>             *    option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0 <tel:255.255.255.0>;*
>
>             *    option routers 192.168.10.123;*
>
>             *  option broadcast-address 192.168.10.255;*
>
>             *  filename "pxelinux.0";*
>
>             *    next-server 192.168.10.123;*
>
>             *}*
>
>       * Setup a static IP for eth0, 192.168.10.123
>       * Start service
>
>             *sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart*
>
>       * Check status
>
>             *netstat -lu*
>             *
>             *
>
>         Output
>
>         Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address     State 
>
>         udp        0                  0 *:bootpc           *:* 
>
>
>     *3) Setting up TFTP *
>
>       * Edit /etc/inetd.conf, remove #<off># from the beginning of tftp line.
>
>             *tftp    dgram   udp wait    root  /usr/sbin/in.tftpd  /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot*
>
>       * Enable boot service for inetd
>
>             *sudo update-inetd --enable BOOT*
>
>       * Start service
>
>             *sudo /etc/init.d/openbsd-inetd restart*
>
>             *sudo /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa restart*
>
>       * Check status
>
>             *netstat -lu*
>
>         Output
>
>
>         Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State 
>
>         udp        0                0 *:tftp            *:*
>
>     /
>     /
>     *4) Setting up PXE boot files*
>
>       * Download Parting Magic distribution from here <http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/194.97.2.67/pub/.disk0/filepilot/fpt/system/verschiedenes/parted_magic_pxe>
>
>         Unzip pmagic-pxe-4.5.zip. Copy your local /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 to /var/lib/tftpboot. Put them in following structure. Then only it will work
>
>
>             /var/lib/tftpboot/
>
>              |-- pxelinux.0
>
>              |-- pxelinux.cfg/
>
>              |   `-- default
>
>              `-- pmagic/
>
>                  |-- bzimage
>
>                `-- initramfs
>
>       * Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default, Change these paths accordingly: pmagic/bzimage & pmagic/initramfs
>
>             DEFAULT partmagic 
>
>
>             LABEL partmagic 
>
>                 MENU LABEL PartMagic 4.5 
>
>                 KERNEL pmagic/bzimage 
>
>               APPEND initrd=pmagic/initramfs edd=off noapic load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw vga=791 sleep=10 loglevel=0 keymap=us livemedia
>
>       * Setup correct permissions
>
>             *sudo chmod -r 777 /var/lib/tftpboot/* *
>
>
>     5) NFS Server.. Here is the /etc/exports file content
>     *                /srv/install  *(ro,async,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)*
>
>
>
>
>     With regards,
>
>     Kannan. R. P,
>     Blog @: http://kannan4k.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> With regards,
>
> Kannan. R. P,
> Blog @: http://kannan4k.wordpress.com/