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| 11:13.06 | ikr11 | Hi, when I try to boot I get this error: IP-CONFIG: eth1 hardware addresss <mac> mtu 1500 DHCP RARP. I was trying to create a pxe server under Ubuntu and I messed up something... PXE is not crucial for me. I only would like to be able to boot again :( |
| 11:14.33 | ikr11 | if anyone is able to help me he/she would save my day... |
| 11:28.10 | Norky | you might ahve more luck asking in the ubuntu channel |
| 11:28.56 | Norky | that message does not look like an error to me, do you get anything that is an actuall error? |
| 11:38.02 | ikr11 | you are right, is not an error I have changed something and I think that now it's trying to boot from the network |
| 11:39.06 | ikr11 | I'm trying to revert this behaviour. I walked back every step I took , but I'm missing something |
| 11:40.12 | ikr11 | I should have taken a snapshot bf messing with the system :( |
| 11:44.53 | Norky | eh? |
| 11:45.23 | ikr11 | It's a VM |
| 11:45.35 | Norky | the machine with the OS you were trying to configure as a PXE server is now acting as a PXE client, i.e. beofre the OS is even being booted? |
| 11:46.05 | ikr11 | I think so |
| 11:46.22 | Norky | that's very unlikely |
| 11:46.43 | ikr11 | I first get a prompt from the bootloader |
| 11:46.55 | Norky | unless you've done something like "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda" ( DO NOT do this) |
| 11:47.39 | Norky | you need to describe your environment and problem more clearly |
| 11:48.50 | Norky | but as I said, it' s more likely you'll get someone who understands the problem better in #ubuntu |
| 11:49.32 | ikr11 | thanks anyway |
| 11:50.27 | Norky | you'll need to explain the virtual machine environement (VMware? Xen? KVM?) |
| 11:50.41 | ikr11 | VirtualBox |
| 11:51.45 | Norky | ahh, untick the network as a boot option in the list of Boot Order configuration |
| 11:52.52 | Norky | and let me be very clear on this: you wre trying to configure an Ubuntu VM guest (running on VirtualBox) as a PXE *SERVER*. Somehow you have made that machine unable to boot? |
| 11:53.40 | ikr11 | yeap. I was following this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DisklessUbuntuHowto |
| 11:54.50 | ikr11 | and after I screwed I tried to fix it by chrooting to my system from a livecd, uninstalling the packages and undoing all the changes |
| 11:55.19 | ikr11 | obviously I missed somewhere |
| 11:56.35 | Norky | I still don't get it |
| 11:56.49 | Norky | I don't understand how you've broken the server |
| 11:57.41 | Norky | you only really need to install and configure tftp, dhcp-server, and NFS on the server |
| 11:58.48 | Norky | I do not see how by installing some extra services on a machine, and making those services available to some other client, you broke the machine |
| 11:59.32 | ikr11 | Maaaaaan, me neither that's why I thought I wouldn't need to take a snapshot |
| 12:00.29 | Norky | well, sorry I couldn't help, I wish you the best of luck in #ubuntu |
| 12:01.42 | ikr11 | could it be related to the initramfs? is the only thing I haven't been able to remove |
| 12:02.33 | ikr11 | Thank you I really apreciate you efort |
| 12:03.37 | Norky | why were you trying to remov intiramfs? |
| 12:03.37 | Norky | is completely puzzled |
| 12:07.11 | ikr11 | the guide had the steps to create a NFS installation, and the only way that was fully explained was creating a ramfs with the image |
| 12:07.50 | ikr11 | could that be kicking in when trying to boot? |
| 12:11.12 | Norky | only if you replaced the server's initramfs with the one intended for the client... |
| 12:14.03 | Norky | hmm, there is a point where the guide reads "Copy kernel and initrd to tftp root. |
| 12:14.03 | Norky | Run these commands ON THE SERVER |
| 12:14.03 | Norky | cp /nfsroot/home/<USERNAME>/<vmlinuz-xxxx> /tftpboot/ |
| 12:14.03 | Norky | cp /nfsroot/home/<USERNAME>/<initrd.img-xxxx> /tftpboot/" |
| 12:14.14 | Norky | might you have instead copied them to /boot ? |
| 12:16.14 | ikr11 | one the #ubuntu channel I'm being told that I have to remove the dhcp daemon from autostart |
| 12:16.54 | Norky | okay, well, they know your distro better than I do |
| 12:17.26 | ikr11 | I removed the /tftpboot folder |
| 12:18.13 | ikr11 | thank you Norky. |
| 12:18.47 | Norky | I'm wondering if you overwrote a file in /boot with a file that should have gone into /tftpboot instead. If you have, then removing /tftpboot wont fix that |
| 12:19.50 | Norky | but listening to two peopel in different channels at once will only confuse matters - I'll shut up now :) |
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| 14:13.47 | *** topic/##pxe is PXE HOWTO at: http://pxe.dev.aboveaverageurl.com/index.php/PXE_Index | Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment (also at de.wiki) | Need help? Stick around (for about 8 hours, we're probably sleeping or at school)! | Want logs? http://tinyurl.com/2ja6hn | No, you cannot PXE boot an ISO. |
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| 22:42.25 | akston1 | so is it not possible to use your standard home router to handle dhcp leases with a pxe server on the same network? |