problems with remote install using ipmi serial-over-ip
Hi Folks,
Well, I've been trying to do a remote install onto a server (Supermicro
X8SIE-LN4F motherboard) - booting via PXE, and using a serial-over-IP
terminal provided by the IPMI board.
Took a bit to get it mostly working - DHCP, TFTP, PXE, net boot all work.
The serial-over-ip terminal, sort of works.... - I can get the installer
to load, and give me a boot> prompt, and a simple CR gets it running. I
can go all the way through, and it sure seems like I've partitioned the
drive, installed all the software, and so forth, but.... when I restart,
the system hangs. I'm guessing it might be a grub install problem, but
now I'm stuck...
- typing anything at the boot> prompt, except a CR (e.g., boot
parameters, expert, rescue) leads to a hang - so I can't do either of
the obvious troubleshooting steps:
- going into rescue mode and playing with grub
- reinstalling, but using an SSH connection instead of the serial-over-IP
And, just for the heck of it, I tried putting *|rescue/enable=true into
the append clause in
/srv/tftp/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/txt.cfg - where the
installer picks up its boot parameters - but it seems to be ignored|*
Kind of wracking my brain here. Any thoughts on what I might try next?
Thanks,
Miles Fidelman
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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