Installing x86 via Serva

[Dreary developer]

Hello all,
I've been trying to install 4.4-r2 through a network boot using Serva. Instructions have been provided by them here, at the start and about halfway down: http://www.vercot.com/~serva/an/NonWindowsPXE3.html

I'm using a very simple hardware setup:

[PC running Serva] --- Router --- Client

I think I've followed their instructions to the word, but after the client gains an IP address and tries to load pxeserva.cfg\menu.def, the screen on the client goes blank.

At this point, my Serva logs look something like this:

[07/07 12:17:55.137] TFTP Inf: <vesamenu.c32>: sent blks=116 blkSz=1408, Total 162252 bytes in 1s, err recovery=0
[07/07 12:17:55.137] TFTP Inf: Read file <pxeserva.cfg/menu.def>. Mode octet
[07/07 12:17:55.262] TFTP Inf: <pxeserva.cfg\menu.def>: sent blks=1 blkSz=1408, Total 949 bytes in 0s, err recovery=0
[07/07 12:17:55.356] TFTP Inf: Read file <vesamenu.c32>. Mode octet
[07/07 12:17:55.515] TFTP Inf: <vesamenu.c32>: sent blks=116 blkSz=1408, Total 162252 bytes in 0s, err recovery=0
[07/07 12:17:55.518] TFTP Inf: Read file <pxeserva.cfg/menu.def>. Mode octet

and show no signs of stopping. When I hit pause on the client, I get the message "Initial menu has no LABEL entries!".

After digging through this, I found a troubleshooting tip (8.9) here on the Serva site: http://www.vercot.com/~serva/an/WindowsPXE1.html#troubleshooting

The tip is under the Windows installation section, but in essence it says that Serva can't make an asset to show on its menu. This is strange considering that Serva has been tested to work on 4.4-r2.

Any ideas?

[patpat]

sure you have created a faulty ServaAsset.inf. That file has to be a plain ASCII file containing the variables
indicated at Serva's webpage.