Re: Using (http) to load Linux?

[Randy Goldenberg]

On Tuesday December 07, 2021, Preston L. Bannister wrote: 

> Looking for a hint. In the end, the error I am trying to track down is:
>
>  *error: premature end of file
> (http)/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8.x86_64*
>
> Are there known-issues with loading via HTTP? Has anyone else seen this
> error?

You may find iPXE a better tool for the task at hand.

https://ipxe.org/

Also, be sure that your kernel and initrd support network booting.

https://your_CentOS_mirror/centos/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os/images/pxeboot/

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2017-12/msg00039.html