ignite boot from lan problem

[yatin]

i gave following command
bo lan install
i got following msg:
Cannot find ENTRY_INIT

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Hi,

These links may help you.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=20104

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=191769


Sunil

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

First thing to make sure is that the server_addr is in the same subnet as of the system you are booting. If not, then you will need to setup a boot helper in the subnet which will help boot your system initially and then point to the ignite server.

If that is not the case, then the ignite server is not setup correctly. You need to make sure you have enough free IPs configured in /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab. Instructions and examples are given in that file. You can also use ignite GUI to add them. I suggest you to use ignite GUI as it is easy.

-Sri

[Jannik]

are the mashines on the same subnet?
else U have to install a boot helper!

[Steven E. Protter]

1) Must use built in lan
2) Syntax is boot lan.192.168.0.50 install

On ignite server:

inetd -l to turn on enhanced logging

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

SEP

[yatin]

Hi Steven I did what u told and my machines are same subnet but still same problem

[Mel Burslan]

when you issue the command

bo lan install

is there a . (dot) between the word lan and the ip address ?

it should be something like

bo lan.192.168.2.101 install

combinin this with your other posting, about ENTRY_INIT Status=-7, if we are talking about the same server, your ignite server is having issues.
Please follow Stephen's suggestions about turning on logging on inetd, i.e., at the root prompt:

inetd -k
inetd -l

then provide the syslog output at the time when you requested the ignite for further assistance.

[yatin]

I get following output
Booting...
Cannot find ENTRY_TEST.

i got following error:
Failed to initialize.

ENTRY_INIT
Status = -7

00000000 00000000 00000800 09FD0C4A 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0000000B 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000009 8400800C 00000000 00000000 080009FD 0C4A0000 00000000

Failed to initialize.

[Mel Burslan]

on the ignite server's syslog, what do you see when you issue the boot lan.a.b.c.d install command from the client.

do a tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log on the server in a different terminal session and capture what comes out when you attempt to boot from the ignite server.

[yatin]

there is no change in syslog

[Mel Burslan]

all I can say under these circumstances is that your ignite server is not functional. It is not responding as an ignite server.

the ENTRY_INIT Status=-7 means there is no bootable media at the boot device specified. Boot device in your case is the ignite server and it is not there for boot help.

since it has been mentioned numerous times, I am assuming ignite server and this client which needs to be ignited are in the same subnet

then check the ignite server and verify that these entries exist in /etc/inetd.conf

tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/tftpd tftpd /opt/ignite /var/opt/ignite
bootps dgram udp wait root /usr/lbin/bootpd bootpd
instl_boots dgram udp wait root /opt/ignite/lbin/instl_bootd instl_bootd

also make sure that /etc/opt/ignite/instl_boottab has at least one entry usable by any client (refer to the comments section of this file to see which entry I am talking about and make sure this value is not taken by any other system in your network.

Check these and post your findings here if the problem still persists.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Yatin,

You will need to have some free IP addresses listed in /etc/opt/ignite/ instl_boottab file. Make sure at least one of the IP addresses in there is unused. Fire up 'ignite' GUI and look at your server configuration.

Run 'instl_adm' and see if the Server's IP address is in fact configured correctly.

-Sri

[yatin]

Thanx for your help guys I found the problem. My machine had 2 lan cards and remote install is possible only from core lan card.But no i have some other problem
something like "message before panic" and it prints few structures