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From: Andrew Madsen on 28 Jan 2008 13:58
I have an IBM JS21 blade (ppc architecture) That I am trying to load across
the network form an NFS mount. the bootp portion of the load works but no
matter how I send across the install command it bombs out trying to find the
NFS server directory. The command line I pass to the Linuxrc kernel is:

install=nfs://<serverip>/<directory tree> netdevice=eth0 hostip=<serverip>
netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=<gatewayip> vnc=1 vncpassword=,vnc password>.

The server loads linuxrc and the returns this:

Searching for info file...

*** Could not find the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Installation Source.

Activating manual setup program.

>>> Linuxrc v2.0.67 (Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-ppc64) <<<

Main Menu

1) Settings
2) System Information
3) Kernel Modules (Hardware Drivers)
4) Start Installation or System
5) Verify Installation CD-ROM/DVD
6) Eject CD
7) Exit or Reboot
8) Power off


If I select "4", then "1", then "2" and then "3" I get into the setup for
connecting to the NFS server. As I select to configure the network I find
that the ip address, the gateway, and the net mask of the target server are
set. I also find the ip address of the NFS server is set as well as the
directory the installation source is in is set but the machine will not find
the files. However if I accept all the preloaded information except for the
directory and then re-type that exactly as it is shown as default the
install progresses.

Has anyone experienced this before?


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