[CentOS] Diskless client from system-config-netboot doesn't boot.

[Sophana]

David Mackintosh a écrit :
> Hi folks,
>
> I've followed a set of instructions I found on
> http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos_linux_guides/centos_enterprise_linux_sysadmin_guide/ch-diskless.htmli
> which describes using system-config-netboot to set up PXE booting.  
>
> I used a CentOS-4.3 install (custom, all options de-selected, then
> anaconda-busybox installed after the fact) as a reference/base. I
> followed the instructions, extrapolating a bit as the window defining
> the diskless client has more options than those presented in the
> example.
>
> When I boot the PXE client, it does the pivot root operation, and
> finally concludes with: 
>
> SELinux: Disabled at runtime 
> SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks
>
> ...at which point it hangs for ever.
>
> I have tried performing a yum -y update on my reference system, then
> recreating the root mount point, but it fails the same way.  
>
> I should probably mention that both the reference and diskless client
> are identical hardware, and that the hardware has successfully PXE
> booted a diskless OS (a RedHat 8.0 as it happens) in the past.  
>
> The lack of any information on the web implies that I'm doing
> something trivially incorrect, can anyone tell me what it is?  
>
> Thanks for any hints or pointers you can provide.
>
>   
I just can say that I had the same problem with centos 4.5.
Seems that centos is a little buggy on this.