[mythtv-users] (OT) Diskless front end no longer boots.

[clemens at dwf.com]

> > I have a diskless mythfrontend that has been working just fine.
> > It runs Fedora6, and DOES receive updates from the current FC6 release
> >  (which has probably caused the problem).
> >
> > It has been working just fine till I had a minor problem (well the screen
> > went
> > black),- something is killing X11, and instead of logging in from another
> > machine
> > and restarting X11, I just rebooted.
> >
> > Bad move.  The machine will no longer boot.
> > I see the DHCP messages which have the correct IP addresses for the
> > source/destination
> > but these are followed by:
> >
> >     TFTP.
> >     PXE-T01: File not found
> >     PXE-E3B: TFTP Error - File not found
> >     PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel Boot Agent
> > No Bootable devices -- insert boot disk and press any key.
> >
> > Any Ideas?
> > I can reinstall the diskless boot stuff, but wont have time for several
> > days.
> > Seems to be a TFTP problem, but I can say 'tftp mythtv'  on the server
> > machine
> > and it responds with a prompt, so that seems to be working.  The fact that
> > I
> > see
> > the DHCP messages would seem to imply that the ethernet is up and running,
> > so I dont know where to look.  Nothing in /tftpboot nor /diskless on the
> > server
> > seem to be changed, but thats harder to determine for sure.
> >
> > Hopefully, someone else has had this problem (and solved it) and can point
> > me
> > in
> > the right direction.
> >
> > --
> >                                         Reg.Clemens
> >                                         reg at dwf.com
> >
> 
> Sorry to reply without an answer to your problem but did you use
> system-config-netboot to setup your system? I've tried this on FC5 and 6
> and it hasn't worked for me. It will boot but kernel panic in the middle
> of the boot when it can't mount something.
> 
Yes I used it with fc6, and I had no problems.
I know I found one patch to the script, but other than that, no problems.


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                                        Reg.Clemens
                                        reg at dwf.com