I have been struggling with my first PXEboot today, using a kickstart with packages served over http on the local network.
The details:
- Anaconda is using 100% CPU
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I got the PXE/kickstart going by sheer persistence. It eventually completed without hanging. Post-install the box hung several times, generally with a kernel panic, sometimes with only the flashing keyboard lights as a "tell".
In an attempt to diagnose a hardware issue I've run:
- memtest86 6.5+ hours, 0 errors, 0 hangs. Both motherboard & cpu have ECC enabled.
- bonnie++ 1+ hours, 0 errors, 0 hangs.
- sys_basher is running now, it tests the floating point unit, the integer unit, RAM, and disk.
I'd hate to let this server loose in production as-is. Does anyone have suggestions for other things I can test?