Bug 161394 - Diskless client panics on boot
Summary: Diskless client panics on boot
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: system-config-netboot
Version: 4.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Jason Vas Dias
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Blocks: 156323
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-06-22 20:31 UTC by David Milburn
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2005-484
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-10-05 13:47:53 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:484 0 qe-ready SHIPPED_LIVE Updated system-config-netboot package 2005-10-05 04:00:00 UTC

Description David Milburn 2005-06-22 20:31:26 UTC
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Description of problem:
The initrd.img created by system-config-netboot is missing
libraries needed to boot the client system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-netboot-0.1.8-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rsync the root directory ("/") of an RHEL 4 system to an RHEL 4
server and configured a diskless service using system-config-netboot 
as described at the manual URL below:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL- 4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/ch-diskless.html

2. Boot client system.
3.
  

Actual Results:  Diskless systems do not start due to kernel panic.
"Kernel Panic - not syncing : No init found. Try passing init = option 
to kernel. "

Expected Results:  Client should boot successfully.

Additional info:

RH support has verified that system-config-netboot-0.1.20-1 fixes problem.

Comment 1 Michael 2005-06-28 05:28:30 UTC
I am having the same problem on Fedora Core 4. 

Fedora Core 4 ships with system-config-netboot-0.1.14-1

Parameters *are* being passed to the kernel. I verified this by modifying the
'append' arguments in pxelinux.cfg/<client_ip_address>

I then found this bug report and upgraded to system-config-netboot-0.1.20-1

Unfortunately, that did not resolve my problem ... I still see the same behavior
on FC4. 

Q: What can I do to help get this issue resolved? 

Q: Any workarounds? 

Michael



Comment 2 Michael 2005-06-28 10:50:36 UTC
On FC4 ...
I read other/previous bugs related to system-config-netboot. 
I deleted from the previous system-config-netboot installation and started from
scratch. 
Now initrd seems to be OK. Kernel starts the boot process. Dies in NFS, but that
is probably my problem. Will advise. 

Comment 3 Jason Vas Dias 2005-07-05 15:08:14 UTC
Yes, the initrd.img bad libraries issue is definitely fixed with
system-config-netboot-0.1.16+ . The latest s-c-nb version can be
downloaded from:
 http://people.redhat.com/~jvdias/system-config-netboot/ .
The system-config-netboot-0.1.20-1.noarch.rpm package should work
fine on FC-3, FC-4, and RHEL-4 - I'll be issuing FC-3 and FC-4 updates
for it shortly.

How does the boot process "die in NFS"? 
I use these /etc/exports statements with no problems:
"
/client_root_dir/root *(ro,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
/client_root_dir/snapshot *(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
"
Is the problem reproducable with these options on your NFS server ?

What does the /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/* configuration
file for your subnet say ?

If you cannot determine the cause of your nfs boot problem, please
attach the output of a serial console boot to this bug report - 
1. edit the /tftpboot/.../pxelinux.cfg/${subnet} configuration file 
   to say:
"label ...
 kernel ...
 append ... console=/dev/ttyS0,9600 console=/dev/console
"
2. Attach a null modem cable to the client and another machine; on
 the other machine, do:
 # tee /tmp/netboot.log < /dev/ttyS0
 and then boot the client.
 When the problem has been reproduced, press CTRL-C and attach the
 /tmp/netboot.log file to this bug report.
Thank you! 


Comment 4 Michael 2005-07-05 22:14:55 UTC
Sorry I did not follow up. I am up and running fine now. 

As I recall, some of my NFS problems were related to confusion caused by bugs in
the system-config-netboot UI. I filed a separate bug report which is also
assigned to Jason Vas Dias ... #   161904  

Comment 9 Accelerated Fix Request (Red Hat Internal App) 2005-07-06 19:40:41 UTC
From User-Agent: XML-RPC

HOTFIX Request has been released http://seg.rdu.redhat.com/scripts/hotfix/edit.pl?id=387

Comment 13 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-05 13:47:54 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-484.html



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