Asrock 330 as a MD, PXE boot help

[kvelland]

I can't find any PXE boot options in my BIOS. And can only choose from booting from CDROM or HDD.

Is there any other way to install a MD than to use a netboot. Or is it possible to netboot this computer? Another nic?

[purps]

I would be surprised if that board doesn't have PXE. Check there's not an option saying "LAN" or "ROM", just enable anything that looks network related (making a note of what you have done!).

If it really doesn't have PXE boot capabilities, there are other options. You can either buy a NIC that does support it, perhaps using it with a 90 degree riser if you care about MD flatness. Or, you can generate your own network boot image http://www.rom-o-matic.net/. You can use a CD, floppy, or even USB I believe.

Provide a bit more information about your hardware/BIOS as well please.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Marie.O]

In the BIOS, go to
* Advanced
* Chipset Configuration and enable Onboard LAN

After that
* Advanced
* ACPI Configuration
* Onboard LAN power on

[JoakimL]

I use an Asrock 330 ION as MD; PXE boot works perfectly. Remember to disable the WLAN in the BIOS.


/Joakim

[maybeoneday]

Hi all,
could the bios need updating....see wikki   http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_AT3N7A-I

regards
Ian

[kvelland]

In the BIOS, go to
* Advanced
* Chipset Configuration and enable Onboard LAN

After that
* Advanced
* ACPI Configuration
* Onboard LAN power on

Thank you man, great description, it works

[kvelland]

The first problem is solved.

This is the next one, added attachment.

The core is just default setup, I reach the core from the internal network, the DHCP server is working, there is no other DHCP server running.

Any idea

[sambuca]

Did you run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh on your core? It creates the inital boot image for MDs.

best regards,
sambuca

[kvelland]

I did  it now, and it is pxe booting.

Everything looks good untill it says "we announced ourself to the router", then it runs some scripts and then:

reebooting stopping all md deveices.

Then it reboots and goes into this same loop again.

[kvelland]

btw.. Great having this forum, help is really appreiciated

[purps]

Is it a kernel panic? Did you have to do anything to get the NIC recognized?

Cheers,
Matt.

[kvelland]

I can´t see any messages about kernel panic. The NIC did work after I just enabled it in BIOS. No additional actions.

It just restarts with the messages quoted earlier.

[l3mce]

Just out of curiosity:

1. Did you interrupt it the first time it announced itself to the router, because it just hung there and didn't seem to be doing anything? Because it was doing things.
2. In web admin under "Media Directors" did it make one (should be two there now, 1st the hybrid, and second the MD)? If not, run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh again.
If so delete it, run /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh again, then boot and do not interrupt it.

[kvelland]

I did not interupt it and it did not make an ekstra MD.

I run the  /usr/pluto/bin/Diskless_CreateTBZ.sh command again.. Booted, same thing happens..

Anybody?

[kvelland]

The weird thing is.. I just tested with another PC and everything worked fine. So the problem is with the Asrock. Any ideas?