Hi,
I'm trying to install SLES 11 SP3 using Cobbler but it failed after
downloading the NBP file. The error on the screen is Unable to fetch TFTP
image.
I have a similiar setup for SLES 11 SP2 and it is working fine. The
difference with this setup is I am installing SLES 11 SP3 on a IBM x3500 M5
server, which requires a bootable driver kit(BDK) to be installed prior to
the installation of the OS itself.
My setup is as follows:
/var/lib/tftpboot> tree uefisp3
uefisp3
├── biostest
├── bootx64.efi
├── elilo.conf
├── initrd
├── linux
├── memtest
├── message
└── pxelinux.0
The initrd and linux is not from the SLES DVD, but from the BDK image.
Quoting from
https://drivers.suse.com/doc/Usage/Driver_Kits.html:
Copy the kernel and initrd images from the driver kit iso image to the
appropriate location on your tftp boot server. The initrd and kernel image
are found under the /boot/x86_64/loader directory.
I have tried changing the /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template by pointing the
filename to uefisp3/bootx64.efi, pxelinux.0 and uefisp3/pxelinux.0 but none
of them work.
My cobbler distro report:
Name : sles11sp3
Architecture : x86_64
Breed : suse
Comment :
Initrd : /driverkit/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd
Kernel : /driverkit/boot/x86_64/loader/linux
Kernel Options : {'install': '
http://192.168.0.10/sles/sles11sp3';, 'addon': '
http://192.168.0.10/sles/driverkit'}
Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
Kickstart Metadata : {}
Management Classes : []
OS Version : sles10
Owners : ['admin']
Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
Template Files : {}
My elilo.conf (to be honest I'm not even sure if I need this file, but this
is how I did it with SLES 11 SP2):
/var/lib/tftpboot> cat uefisp3/elilo.conf
prompt
timeout=100
default=linux
image=linux
label=linux
description = "Installation"
initrd=initrd
append="/images/sles11sp3/initrd textmode=1 install=
http://192.168.0.10/sles/sles11sp3 autoyast=
http://192.168.0.10/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/raid1drbd_sp3i addon=
http://192.168.0.10/sles/driverkit"
Excerpt from pxelinux.cfg/default file:
LABEL raid1drbd_sp3
kernel /images/sles11sp3/linux
MENU LABEL raid1drbd_sp3
append initrd=/images/sles11sp3/initrd textmode=1 install=
http://192.168.0.10/sles/sles11sp3 addon=http://192.168.0.10/sles/driverkit
autoyast=http://192.168.0.10/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/raid1drbd_sp3
ipappend 2
TFTP server works, as I did try to fetch some files from the TFTP server
manually. In /var/log/messages there is an error "tftp: client does not
accept options", which from what I read is most likely not relevant to the
issue that I'm facing now.
Anyone with success installing SLES 11 SP3 with the driver kit?
Thanks.