May be you need to create a linux kernel that do a dosboot as workaround. Gerd
Am Freitag, den 30.11.2012, 15:11 +0000 schrieb Pocina, Goran: > The following pxe boot file will boot a FreeDOS floppy disk image that > runs a CMOS utility (after memdisk and the image file are copied > to /tftpboot): > > > > [root@drdxcatmn1 xcat]# cat /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/develkv8 > > #run CMOS utility on FreeDOS > > DEFAULT Floppy > > LABEL Floppy > > LINUX memdisk > > APPEND initrd=xcat/floppy/cmos-settings.img > > IPAPPEND 2 > > > > Is there a way to have xCAT generate a similar pxe file when needed? > Say when a “nodeset host netboot=smcmos” is run? > > > > It looks like the boottarget table can help, but I may not be setting > it up correctly because “nodeset host netboot=smcmos” generates a > missing kernel error. > > > > [root@drdxcatmn1 xcat]# tabdump boottarget > > #bprofile,kernel,initrd,kcmdline,comments,disable > > "smcmos","memdisk","xcat/floppy/cmos-settings.img",,, > > > > [root@drdxcatmn1 xcat]# nodeset develkv8 netboot=smcmos > > Error: Did you run "genimage" before running "packimage"? kernel > cannot be found > > Error: Some nodes failed to set up netboot resources, aborting > > > > Also tried copying /tftpboot/memdisk > to /tftpboot/xcat/netboot/smcmos/memdisk, but no help. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Goran > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: > TUNE You got it built. Now make it sing. Tune shows you how. > http://goparallel.sourceforge.net > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep yourself connected to Go Parallel: TUNE You got it built. Now make it sing. Tune shows you how. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
