I gathered information from this other post with a similar problem but no solution.
http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/ghost-wont-automatically-start-when-using-linux-pxe-boot-ghost-solution-suite-25
The PXE load linux kernel, there's a xterm console but I cant launch ghost.
I did everything asked in the aforementionned thread:
here is the content of /var/log/boot.log
Loading modules:
We don't mount /dev/sda directly
FATAL: Error inserting gdth (/lib/modules/2.6.25.13/gdth.ko): No such device
Device gdth not Found, Removing
FATAL: Error inserting eata (/lib/modules/2.6.25.13/eata.ko): No such device
Device eata not Found, Removing
FATAL: Error inserting ips (/lib/modules/2.6.25.13/ips.ko): No such device
Device ips not Found, Removing
We don't mount /dev/sda directly
We don't mount /dev/sda directly
Initializing rc0 packages...
S02dm-vols
S02profile_setup
S03secure
S05network
Configuring and Starting Network...
lo SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
No lease, failing.
udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
No lease, failing.
DHCP server not found! Network not initialized.
...continuing boot.
S06ghost_setup
tftp: send: Network is unreachable
Archive: /tmp/ghost.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /tmp/ghost.zip or
/tmp/ghost.zip.zip, and cannot find /tmp/ghost.zip.ZIP, period.
S07acpi
acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: No such file or directory
S07network_files
/etc/rc0.d/S07network_files: kill: 24: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill -l [exitstatus]
/etc/rc0.d/S07network_files: kill: 24: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill -l [exitstatus]
udhcpc (v0.9.9-pre) started
SIOCGIFINDEX failed!: No such device
/etc/rc0.d/S07network_files: kill: 24: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill -l [exitstatus]
S08crond
S09syslogd
Starting syslogd locally
S10nfs
S10pkg
S15filesystem_network
nfs 105032 0
lockd 53176 1 nfs
sunrpc 145564 4 nfs,lockd
S16profile_setup
S19bootmenu
S20session
S25mdetect
Autodetecting mouse device... Found ImPS/2 on /dev/psaux
S25menu
S25playcd
S25sh
S25smtp
S25telnetd
S31console-keymap
Loading console keyboard map: en_us
Extended locale support enabled
S32audio
S40samba-base
Initializing rc5 packages...
S10dillo.init
S10e3
S10icewm.init
S10ssh.init
S10x
S25xinetd
Starting /etc/init.d/x server
Xorg :1 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc -depth 16 -xkbmap en_us -xf86config /etc/X11/XF86Config-1 -nolisten tcp
X Window System Version 6.9.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8.1-12mdk i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux preos_ 2.6.25.13 #6 SMP Thu Aug 14 18:07:52 NZST 2008 i686
Build Date: 26 December 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Tue Apr 29 23:44:28 2014
(++) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-1"
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7fe0000,0x10000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7fc0000,0x30000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7f80000,0x70000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7f00000,0xf0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7e00000,0x1f0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7c00000,0x3f0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7800000,0x7f0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe7000000,0xff0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe6000000,0x1ff0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe4000000,0x3ff0000)
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xe0000000,0x7ff0000)
Running icewm
icewm_startup
IceWM: using /root/.icewm for private configuration files
/bin/icewm_startup: /bin/icewm_startup: 24: ghost: not found
We don't mount /dev/sdc directly
We don't mount /dev/sdc directly
We don't mount /dev/sdc directly
We don't mount /dev/sdc directly
Running dillo
dillo
dillorc:98: unexpected string constant "force_visited_color", expected symbol
dillo_dns_init: Here we go! (threaded)
Enabling cookies as from cookiesrc...
Nav_open_url: Url=>about:splash<
Type check: [Srv: text/html Det: text/html]
Nav_open_url: Url=>file:/var/log/boot.log<
dpi.c:71: a_Dpi_rd_dpi_socket_dir: fopen : No such file or directory
- /root/.dillo/dpi_socket_dir
debug_msg - init_sockdir: The dpi_socket_dir file does not exist
Capi_dpi_conn_timeout:: try 1
main.c:155: get_command: dpid tag is NULL
: main.c:362: main: get_command failed
: [file dpi]: (v.1) accepting connections...
[file dpi]: dpip_tag={<cmd='open_url' url='file:/var/log/boot.log' '>}
Here is the content of /etc/thinstation.runtime
DEBUG_BOOT=1
DEBUG_NETWORK=2
DEBUG_INIT=
DEBUG_KERNEL=
DEBUG_MODULES=
DEBUG_PACKAGES=
DEBUG_EMAIL=
CLIENT_MAC=
SERVER_IP=10.130.27.45
CLIENT_NAME=preos_
SCREEN_COLOR_DEPTH=16
SCREEN_HORIZSYNC=30-70
COLS=169
ROWS=54
MOUSE_DEVICE=/dev/psaux
MOUSE_PROTOCOL=ImPS/2
LC_ALL=en_US ; export LC_ALL
LANG=en_US ; export LANG
WMNAME=icewm
X_SERVER=Xorg
Here is the result of cat /proc/cmdline
ramdisk_blocksize=4096 initrd=linux/initrd root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=524288 console=ttyS3 BOOT_IMAGE=linux/vmlinuz ip=10.130.27.167:10.130.27.45:10.130.27.254:255.255.0.0 auto
It seems tmp/ghost.zip is an empty file and that the Ghots tools in /opt/ghost have not been unzipped into there.
I clearly see in the boot.log there's a problem with the DHCP but I dont understand what I can do to fix it. DHCP server seems to work fine for everything else...