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mjarka at yahoo
Aug 30, 2007, 8:58 AM
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I'm trying to use menu.c32 to boot different kickstart files.
The problem I have is regardless of what menu item I select, it always uses
the client.cfg (default entry) even if I select one of the others.
I have removed the DEFAULT from that entry and it still always
uses the ckient.cfg kickstart file

Any ideas.

Thanks,
Mike Jarka


default menu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 300

MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu, Press [esc] for boot prompt

LABEL Fedora 6 Client
MENU DEFAULT Fedora 6 Client (default)
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg

LABEL Fedora 6 Client (Hard Drive < 30 GB)
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (Hard Drive < 30 GB)
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/sdclient.cfg

LABEL Fedora 6 HP DC7700 Client
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 HP DC7700 Client
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 acpi=off
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg

LABEL Fedora 6 Laptop
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Laptop
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/laptop.cfg

LABEL Fedora 6 Server
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Server
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/server.cfg

LABEL Fedora 6 mj
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 mj
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/mj.cfg

LABEL Boot local hard drive
MENU LABEL Local Boot local hard drive
localboot 0

LABEL memtest
MENU LABEL Memtest
KERNEL memtest








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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
whitpa at velocitynet
Aug 30, 2007, 5:24 PM
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Michael Jarka wrote, On 31/08/07 01:58 AM:

>
>I'm trying to use menu.c32 to boot different kickstart files.
>The problem I have is regardless of what menu item I select, it always uses
>the client.cfg (default entry) even if I select one of the others.
>I have removed the DEFAULT from that entry and it still always
>uses the ckient.cfg kickstart file
>
>Any ideas.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike Jarka
>
>
>default menu.c32
>prompt 0
>timeout 300
>
>MENU TITLE PXE Boot Menu, Press [esc] for boot prompt
>
>LABEL Fedora 6 Client
>MENU DEFAULT Fedora 6 Client (default)
>KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
>ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>
>LABEL Fedora 6 Client (Hard Drive < 30 GB)
>MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (Hard Drive < 30 GB)
>KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
>ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/sdclient.cfg
>
>
>
[snip]

"MENU DEFAULT" isn't a label, it's just a marker. You must have a "MENU
LABEL" as well. Try:

LABEL Fedora 6 Client
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
MENU DEFAULT
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg


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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
hpa at zytor
Aug 30, 2007, 10:47 PM
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Paul Whittaker wrote:
> [snip]
>
> "MENU DEFAULT" isn't a label, it's just a marker. You must have a "MENU
> LABEL" as well. Try:
>
> LABEL Fedora 6 Client
> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
> MENU DEFAULT
> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg

Actually try something like:

LABEL fedora6
MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
MENU DEFAULT
KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg

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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
mjarka at aps
Aug 31, 2007, 12:23 PM
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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Paul Whittaker wrote:
>
>> [snip]
>>
>> "MENU DEFAULT" isn't a label, it's just a marker. You must have a "MENU
>> LABEL" as well. Try:
>>
>> LABEL Fedora 6 Client
>> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
>> MENU DEFAULT
>> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>>
>
> Actually try something like:
>
> LABEL fedora6
> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
> MENU DEFAULT
> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
> ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>
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Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem.
But now I ran into another problem.
On some HP DC7700 systems the menu appears but I am unable to navigate it.
The keyboard appears to be dead.
Works great on other systems.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mike Jarka

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Information Technology
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory
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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
andrew at shopcusa
Aug 31, 2007, 1:15 PM
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Michael Jarka wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> Paul Whittaker wrote:
>>
>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> "MENU DEFAULT" isn't a label, it's just a marker. You must have a "MENU
>>> LABEL" as well. Try:
>>>
>>> LABEL Fedora 6 Client
>>> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
>>> MENU DEFAULT
>>> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>>> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>>>
>>>
>> Actually try something like:
>>
>> LABEL fedora6
>> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
>> MENU DEFAULT
>> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
>> ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>>
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> Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem.
> But now I ran into another problem.
> On some HP DC7700 systems the menu appears but I am unable to navigate it.
> The keyboard appears to be dead.
> Works great on other systems.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Jarka
>
>
Could you be more specific about the hardware? One helpful tidbit would
be 'I am using a [PS/2|USB] keyboard'.

-Andrew

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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
mjarka at aps
Aug 31, 2007, 1:40 PM
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Andrew Stuart wrote:
> Michael Jarka wrote:
>
>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Paul Whittaker wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>> "MENU DEFAULT" isn't a label, it's just a marker. You must have a "MENU
>>>> LABEL" as well. Try:
>>>>
>>>> LABEL Fedora 6 Client
>>>> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
>>>> MENU DEFAULT
>>>> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>>>> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000 ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Actually try something like:
>>>
>>> LABEL fedora6
>>> MENU LABEL Fedora 6 Client (default)
>>> MENU DEFAULT
>>> KERNEL fc6/vmlinuz
>>> APPEND initrd=fc6/initrd.img linux=i686 ramdisk_size=256000
>>> ks=nfs:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/kickstart/fc6/client.cfg
>>>
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>>>
>> Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem.
>> But now I ran into another problem.
>> On some HP DC7700 systems the menu appears but I am unable to navigate it.
>> The keyboard appears to be dead.
>> Works great on other systems.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Jarka
>>
>>
>>
> Could you be more specific about the hardware? One helpful tidbit would
> be 'I am using a [PS/2|USB] keyboard'.
>
> -Andrew
>
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Actually I have tried both USB and PS2 keyboards

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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
hpa at zytor
Aug 31, 2007, 2:37 PM
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Michael Jarka wrote:
>>
> Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem.
> But now I ran into another problem.
> On some HP DC7700 systems the menu appears but I am unable to navigate it.
> The keyboard appears to be dead.
> Works great on other systems.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Do you have the ability to recompile pxelinux? If so, please try
changing HIGHMEM_SLOP in pxelinux.asm to something much bigger
(something like half the memory size on your machine) and see if it
makes any difference...

-hpa

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Re: Problem with menu.c32] [ In reply to ]
xl at xlsigned
Aug 31, 2007, 3:00 PM
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Michael Jarka wrote:
> Andrew Stuart wrote:
>> Michael Jarka wrote:
>>> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>>> Paul Whittaker wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, your suggestion resolved the problem.
>>> But now I ran into another problem.
>>> On some HP DC7700 systems the menu appears but I am unable to navigate it.
>>> The keyboard appears to be dead.
>>> Works great on other systems.
>>
>> Could you be more specific about the hardware? One helpful tidbit would
>> be 'I am using a [PS/2|USB] keyboard'.
>>
> Actually I have tried both USB and PS2 keyboards
>
So, if it works on some of your DC7700 but not on all, there ought to
be a difference. Might be the BIOS version ...

It's generally a good idea to be as specific as possible, if you
want to get help from the mailing list.
... and even better to observe certain formal rules when posting.

:-) Axel

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