[sle-beta] SLE15 RC1 unable to pxe boot to install image

[Steffen Winterfeldt]

On Friday 2018-03-09 15:28, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 09, Wayne Patton wrote:
>
>> Thorsten - Yes I can install it with the dvd/iso images.
>
> Then please create a bug report, I have no idea what is special
> with VMware, I don't use that.

Reported a number of times already, e.g. bsc #1082147. Basically a
kernel issue.


Steffen


>
>  Thorsten
>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2018-03-09 at 06:29 +0100, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 08, Wayne Patton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Update: Both options I presented below work in KVM with no changes.
>>>> I
>>>> created a network in KVM, a blank VM, enabled DHCP on that network
>>>> using dnsmasq and it worked.
>>>>
>>>> So is this a network driver issue??? Something else?
>>>
>>> Can you install this VMWare machines with a DVD?
>>>
>>>   Thorsten
>>>
>>>> WP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 19:52 +0000, Wayne Patton wrote:
>>>>> I am unable to pxe boot to the install image for SLES 15 RC1.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using VMware Workstation version 14. I am able to pxe boot
>>>>> SLES
>>>>> 12
>>>>> SP2 & SP3 and CaaS 2 just fine using the same setup.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have two options in my pxelinux.cfg/default file for SLE 15.
>>>>> The
>>>>> first is modeled after my SLES 12 entry and the second is taken
>>>>> from
>>>>> the example files that I found by installing the tftpboot-
>>>>> installation-
>>>>> SLE-15-x86_64 package on another SLES 15 VM.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the first option, like SLE 12, I copied the initrd and linux
>>>>> files
>>>>> from the install media to my tftp server into
>>>>> /srv/tftpboot/sles/15/ga/x86_64/
>>>>>
>>>>> For the second option, I copied the entire /srv/tftpboot/SLE-15-
>>>>> x86_64/
>>>>> tree structure from the tftpboot-installation-SLE-15-x86_64
>>>>> package
>>>>> to
>>>>> my tftpserver, which is used in the second option below.
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the same results with both options.
>>>>>
>>>>> UI menu.c32
>>>>>
>>>>> LABEL sles15-rc1-x86_64 - like 12
>>>>>   MENU LABEL SLES 15 RC1 x86_64 - like 12
>>>>>   KERNEL sles/15/ga/x86_64/linux
>>>>>   APPEND initrd=sles/15/ga/x86_64/initrd install=http://192.168.1
>>>>> 22.1
>>>>> /i
>>>>> nstall/sles/15/ga/x86_64/dvd1/
>>>>>
>>>>> LABEL sles15-rc1-x86_64 - 15 tftpboot package
>>>>>   MENU LABEL SLES 15 RC1 x86_64 - 15 tftpboot package
>>>>>   KERNEL SLE-15-x86_64/boot/x86_64/loader/linux
>>>>>   APPEND initrd=SLE-15-x86_64/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd
>>>>> instsys=tftp://
>>>>> 192.168.122.1/SLE-15-x86_64/boot/x86_64/root install=http://192.1
>>>>> 68.1
>>>>> 22
>>>>> .1/install/sles/15/ga/x86_64/dvd1/
>>>>>
>>>>> On the console, I get the following:
>>>>> ---BEGIN OUTPUT--------
>>>>> Starting udev... ok
>>>>> Loading basic drivers   ok
>>>>> Starting hardware detection .. ok
>>>>> (If a driver is not working for you, try booting with
>>>>> brokenmodules=driver_name
>>>>>
>>>>> VMware SATA AHCI controller
>>>>>   drivers: ahci*
>>>>> VMware Virtual Machine Chipset
>>>>>   drivers: ata_piix*, ata_generic, pata_acpi
>>>>> VMware LSI Logic Parallel SCSI Controller
>>>>>   drivers: mptspi*
>>>>> VMware PRO/1000 MT Single Port Adapter
>>>>>   drivers: e1000*
>>>>> ---END OUTPUT--------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And it stops there.  I would expect the following lines to show
>>>>> up
>>>>> next
>>>>> but they never do. They do show up for SLES12 (SP2 & 3) and CaaS.
>>>>> For
>>>>> SLE15 they do not.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---BEGIN EXPECTED OUTPUT-----
>>>>> eth0: network config created
>>>>> Sending DHCP request to eth0
>>>>> ok, ip = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx
>>>>> ---END EXPECTED OUTPUT-----
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I purposly changed the IP address in my SLES 12 entry to
>>>>> make
>>>>> it
>>>>> not find the install media so I could see if this was before or
>>>>> after
>>>>> trying to load the install image. It still output the above three
>>>>> lines
>>>>> before hanging so this leads me to believe this is a function of
>>>>> initrd????
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure where to turn next. I have been google'ing all
>>>>> morning
>>>>> with no luck, and also tried searching past posts here as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also get the same results with Leap 15 (build 151.1)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>
>>>>>
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