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Tae

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Registered: 2010-08-31

Posts: 32

Netboot error: Invalid kernel argument

I'm trying to install Arch using the Netboot Live System, following these steps:

1. Installed Syslinux on a SD card according to its wiki.

2. Copy the iPXE kernel image to the SD card root.

3. Created an syslinux.cfg file with this content:

   LABEL archnetboot
   MENU LABEL Arch Linux Netboot Environment
   KERNEL /ipxe.lkrn

But when the notebook starts it says:

SYSLINUX 6.02 EDD Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al
Loading /ipxe.lkrn... ok
Booting kernel failed: Invalid argument
boot:

So it seem like I need to pass some network kernel parameters or something like that, because I tried the image with Qemu and it works fine.

The notebook is connected to the net by its Ethernet port, and I enabled the Network Boot in the BIOS although as far I know it is irrelevant when you try to boot from iPXE.

Any ideas? Thanks beforehand.

XenGi

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From: berlin, germany, europe, earth

Registered: 2013-02-23

Posts: 35

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Re: Netboot error: Invalid kernel argument

I have the same problem. Could anyone please come by and correct this? I had a workaround for this booting the ipxe image from the "boot:" prompt that you get with syslinux but can't find it atm.

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