Hi,
I realise this has cropped up before but other than the suggested solution of upgrading to pxelinux.0 v4 ( which I've done) I can't seem to resolve my current problems of pxeboot failing due to #
tools.t00: file not found on a network boot install of esxi 5.5
This is what I see in the tftp log:
Dec 09 17:07:00 ptc34551.hursley.ibm.com atftpd[14604.1840335168]: Serving /esxi55/tools.t00 to 9.20.170.34:49234
Dec 09 17:07:00 ptc34551.hursley.ibm.com atftpd[14604.1840335168]: tsize option -> 167559911
Dec 09 17:07:00 ptc34551.hursley.ibm.com atftpd[14604.1840335168]: blksize option -> 1408
Dec 09 17:07:00 ptc34551.hursley.ibm.com atftpd[14604.1840335168]: Requested file to big, increase BLKSIZE
which according to VMware KB: ESXi 5.x fails to install when using PXELINUX is due to running a 32 bit version of pxelinux.0
rpm of syslinux which contains pexboot.0 is syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-7.2.el5
The other suggestion of avoiding tftp to build the vmware host is to use nfs in the boot.cfg settings. https://communities.vmware.com/message/2163034#2163034
This was a post that did not get resolved and any settings I have made to get the system to build via nfs instead of tftp have failed
If anyone has any ideas that would be great
Regards
Paul
Hi Paul
tools.t00 contains the iso-files that you will need to install vmware-tools.
An installation without tools.t00 seems to be fully functional - but I am not 100 % sure about that.
My suggestion was intended for troubleshooting - so if possible continue your search for the real problem.
Either your tftp can not serve files larger than x MBs - or you hit a timeout - because the package does not arrive quick enough.
Ulli
(here I made a testsetup without tools - if I find other missing functions I will let you know ...)
check nfs server and nfs share...mount on another Linux server, whether share is accessible or not
Thanks John - the share is exported correctly ( mountable on another box) although the failure is tftp related
nfs was a planned second option although whatever settings I try for nfs seem to be ignored as tftp is chosen as the delivery method
Can you finish the tftp actions if you drop tools.t00 from your boot.cfg ?
That file is the largest of them all - the message says Requested file too big - did you check if your tftp uses any settings that limits the filesize ?
That's a great suggestion and it didn't even occur to me to try that as I assumed tools.t00 and pretty much everything in the long list of boot files is needed
Yes it worked - thanks very much. After 3 days of getting nowhere I have now moved on to the next stage of automated install.
Hopefully, I won't find later on that tools.t00 is a needed for something
Cheers
Paul
Hi Paul
tools.t00 contains the iso-files that you will need to install vmware-tools.
An installation without tools.t00 seems to be fully functional - but I am not 100 % sure about that.
My suggestion was intended for troubleshooting - so if possible continue your search for the real problem.
Either your tftp can not serve files larger than x MBs - or you hit a timeout - because the package does not arrive quick enough.
Ulli
(here I made a testsetup without tools - if I find other missing functions I will let you know ...)
Hi Ulli,
It seems to have run through fine without the tools so as far as I'm concerned I'm back in business
As to why it caused problems I've no idea. I was running a v4 gpxelinux ( which is not 32 bit restricted) and had made all the settings point to nfs which seemed relatively quick
Whatever the cause it's working now and I'm very grateful for your help
Regards
Paul