December 20, 200619 yr Just downloaded syslinux and unraid per the Server Basic instructions. used syslinux and extracted unraid to the usb drive. Stick it in my server and it starts to boot but I get: SYSLINUX 3.20 yadayada Could not find kernel image: linux boot: _ Can't get any further. Did I do something wrong or is this some hardware issue or what?
December 20, 200619 yr Sounds like the 'syslinux.cfg' file is not on the Flash. Following should be on the Flash config/disk.cfg config/go config/ident.cfg config/icense.txt config/network.cfg config/share.cfg bzimage bzroot readme.txt syslinux.cfg
December 20, 200619 yr Author Yea I've got all those files in the root of my usb drive. Here's the contents of the syslinux.cfg: default UnRaid label UnRaid kernel bzimage append initrd=bzroot ramdisk_size=120000 root=/dev/ram0
December 20, 200619 yr What brand/model/size USB flash are you using? What motherboard? Is it possible to try a different Flash?
December 20, 200619 yr Author USB: OCZ RALLY Model OCZUSBR2DC-1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227111 Motherboard: MSI 8MM-ILSR http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8MM-ILSR I don't have any other USB drives on hand unfortunately. I just tried it in a Dell 4600C i had access to and it booted ok on that, so that shouldn't be the issue.
December 20, 200619 yr Author Doublechecked that I have the newest bios available and i do. Tried turning off all the extra onboard things, tried quickboot off, tried USB 1.1 mode.
December 20, 200619 yr The fact you can get it to boot on your Dell seems to rule out the Flash itself. If you try a different Flash, try to get one which is smaller then 1GB, say 256MB or 512MB. Another thing you can try is to format your flash using the HP Formatting tool; this may change how the bios views the flash device (as a hard drive instead of a removable drive).
December 20, 200619 yr Author Yea I tried to grab that a minute ago, but the link doesn't work. It tries a while and dies.
December 20, 200619 yr Author Found it via another site and tried formatting and syslinux and reextracting. Same as before, can't find kernel. Does it matter if its fat or fat32?
December 20, 200619 yr Author Well that's just stupid. FAT works fine, FAT32 does not. I even went back to FAT32 to verify that was it. OK, so I've got a login prompt now, what do I do from there? Only thing i see on the instructions is go to \\Tower, which i've tried to do in IE and firefox. Firefox goes to towerrecords.com and IE goes to msn search. My router is set up for DHCP. I checked it's interface and it only lists this computer, so its not connecting. I suppose that means my onboard ethernet isn't supported?
December 20, 200619 yr ... I suppose that means my onboard ethernet isn't supported? Hmm, yes looking at your m/b link, we don't support too many 10/100 ethernet devices because there are so many of them and keeping up with latest versions of them is simply beyond our resources. However, we approach this on a case-by-case basis. Please send me an email to [email protected] (so I have your return email address) & we'll make a build that supports that chip.
December 21, 200619 yr Well that's just stupid. FAT works fine, FAT32 does not. I even went back to FAT32 to verify that was it. By the way, I also had the same issue. With FAT32 it would not boot, but with FAT it boots fine.
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