OK... I should read all the mails before starting to reply... :-) anyway if I remember well there was a bug in the --append option with si_mkautoinstallcd, the fix was introduced in 3.7.3 (so the bug is surely resolved in 3.7.5). Maybe this is the reason because you need to type the ramdisk_size parameter at the boot prompt.
Regarding the floppy, why don't you define all the local.cfg options in the kernel boot parameters with the --append option? (obviously only if you're using a release >= 3.7.3). Regards, -Andrea John Beck wrote: > OK I got passed this issue by issuing "linux ramdisk_size=100000" at the > boot prompt, for some reason this isn't working when I use > si_mkautobootcd append command. > > It totally skips over my local.cfg on the floppy. > It's looking for ext2 or ext3 on the floppy, is there something I need > to do to use a fat formatted floppy disk? > > Thanks, > -John > > John Beck wrote: >> I'm having trouble, and I think it's probably a RAM disk issue. I've >> tried making the ramdisk larger using --append "vga=extended >> initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=200000" with >> si_mkautoinstallcd. I also tried to set it in >> /etc/systemimager/pxelinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg by adding: >> tempfs_size=200M >> >> I create the image with si_preparecleint >> I get the image with si_getimage --golden-client >> I then make the boot cd for the image: >> >> si_mkautoinstallcd --kernel >> /var/lib/systemimager/images/rh2/etc/systemimager/b >> oot/kernel --initrd >> /var/lib/systemimager/images/rh2/etc/systemimager/boot/initr >> d.img --append "vga=extended initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram >> ramdisk_size=200000 >> " --out-file /var/lib/systemimager/rh2.iso >> >> I boot from the cd created from rh2.iso and I use a floppy with this >> local.cfg: >> >> #local.cfg on floppy >> HOSTNAME=rh2 >> DOMAINNAME=unixsamurai.com >> DEVICE=eth0 >> IPADDR=192.168.1.243 >> NETMASK=255.255.255.0 >> NETWORK=192.168.1.0 >> BROADCAST=192.168.1..255 >> GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 >> GATEWAYDEV=eth0 >> IMAGESERVER=192.168.1.242 >> IMAGENAME=rh2 >> >> but no matter what I get this error: >> >> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 >> RAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 16777216 >> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. >> Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed >> attempt to access beyond end of device >> ram0: rw=0, want=32776, limit=32768 >> EXT2-fs error (device ram0): ext2_get_inode: unable to read inode >> block - inode >> 289, block=16387 >> Warning: unable to open an initial console. >> >> Am i missing a step or setting a parameter incorrectly? >> >> Thanks, >> -John >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Sisuite-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
