Issue with LinuxPE from PXE

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

When PXE booting using the LinuxPE environment, it starts the 'Deployment Pre-Boot Automation Environment ...' but stops after "Loading initrd... ok"

 

Environment

GSS 3.3 RU11

Resolution

in the PXE Configure (MenuOption###) open <install drv:>:\Program Files (x86)\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\PXE\MasterImages\MenuOption##$\<arch>\pxelinux.cfg

Edit default and append to the append line: debug console=ttyS0,9600n8 ETHDEV_TIMEPUT=60

Example:

default linux
label linux
    kernel vmlinuz
    append initrd=initrd boot=live config noswap noprompt fetch=tftp://1<GSS server IP>/MenuOption130\X64/filesystem.squashfs PXE_SERVER=<GSS Server NAME> PXE_IP=<PXE SERVER IP> PXE_PATH="MenuOption130\X64" PXE_OID=130 PXE_RID=130 debug console=ttyS0,9600n8 ETHDEV_TIMEPUT=60
    ipappend 2
    say "Starting Deployment Pre-boot Automation Environment..."