issues installing OS on Itanium VPAR

[Ajaykrishnan K N]

Hi,

I am facing issues in installing OS on itanium Vpar.

It is giving me error

Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (BCM5703) is detected (PCI-X)
ReconnectController(0,0,0) : Status = Success
Device mapping table
01 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,C)/Pci(1|0)/Pci(6|0)/Mac(0016353EE30A)
Select Desired LAN: 01

Client MAC address: 00 16 35 3E E3 0A .....-

PXE-E16: Valid PXE offer not received.


I beleive the entry i done on Bootptab on ignite server may not be proper. I am pasting the entry i added on /etc/bootptab below

IADEF:\
ht=ethernet:\
ha=0016353EE30A:\
bf=/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi\
bs=48:\
ip=146.62.115.202:\
sm=255.255.255.128:\
gw=146.62.115.196

If any thing else need to be checked please advice

Thanks in advance

Ajay

[Danny Petterson - DK · Accepted solution]

If your bootptab is copy/paste it might me an type-error:

bf=/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi\

should be

bf=/opt/ignite/boot/nbp.efi:\

[Ajaykrishnan K N]

Thanks every one , It was the issue and cud get resolve it

Thanks

By the way , after Os installation I get an error while booting.

"kernel does not contain required vPars components"

I Have dumped both 1 & 2 DVDs to the image.. some one has any idea

[Torsten.]

You need to include the vPar software into your installation image (e.g. golden image, or add the depot to your install depot).

If at least one vPar is running and you are going to install another, the software MUST be included in the source to make the kernel "moveable". Otherwise the new kernel cannot be loaded.

[Ajaykrishnan K N]

I had taken the Golden Image of the first Vpar and installed , rest using the image

Thanks for the help

Ajay