Description of problem: booted diskless client says "failed to execute /init" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-netboot-0.1.45.1-1.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run system-config-netboot 2. pxe boot a client 3. Actual results: "failed to execute /init" Expected results: it should run /init Additional info: The package system-config-netboot version 0.1.45.1-1 makes a pxelinux boot "append" that says (among others): init=disklessrc. In the initrd.img it creates, there is no disklessrc, but only an "init" file which is in fact the disklessrc. So I changed "init=disklessrc" to "init=init" but it still fails to execute /init. If I remove the "init=disklessrc" alltogether, it still fails. So actually there are two bugs: It should not say "init=disklessrc" AND it should not fail to execute /init.
I'm having the same exact problem, is a solution available for this?
Any update on this? I am having the same problem with RHEL 5.5. There were several errors in the disklessrc script where /sbin/grep /sbin/hostname and /sbin/sed were called instead of using /bin. Also /bin/dhclient was called instead of /sbin/. Even after fixing these, I get the "failed to execute /init" error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.
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