boot itanium from network

[Rick Garland]

Got a ia64 rx4640 server running 11.23

Working with the Ignite. Got an image to save OK on a PA-RISC ignite server.

What I want to do now is boot the itanium from the network and begin a OS install from the Ignite server.

I only have 1 ignite server so the command 'lanboot' should be all I need to do (so says the docos). Doing so returns the message 'PXE-E16: Valid PXE offer not received.'

So how to boot an itanium off networked ignite server?

[harry d brown jr · Accepted solution]

Someone just posted that issue in the past two weeks, and I don't think you can.

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[Steven E. Protter]

Ignite boots can only occur from the built in NIC card, not any add in cards. The image transfer can be through any card, but you need to have a network connection between the boot server and the client via that built in NIC card.

What I am almost certain of is that make_tape_recovery has issues on itanium. I don't use Itanium servers, so Harry, may be right.

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[Steven E. Protter]

The PA-RISC image will be useless.

You will have to build a golden image on a Itanium box and then transfer that image to the Ignite server.

Then you may have a chance.

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[Rick Garland]

Creating the itanium image on a PARISC ignite server is easy.
make_net_recovery -s -x inc_entire=vg00

Doing a reinstall of vg00 works fine. (Changing FS layouts and so on...)

It is only when trying to boot the itanium server to the network, like I am going to do a cold recovery of the system.

[Rick Garland]

Many thanks for the help!