How to fix "Invalid or corrupt kernel image" error

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Issue

  • Booting from PXE, error messages Invalid or corrupt kernel image would be shown
Intel (R) Boot Agent GE V1.5.07
Copyright (c) 1997-2013, Intel Corporation

CLIENT MAC ADDR: XX XX XX XX XX XX GUID: XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
CLIENT IP: 200.200.200.200 MASK:255.255.255.0 DHCP:200.200.200.1

PXELINUX 3.36 Debian-2007-05-31 Copyright (c) 1993-2007 H.Peter Anvin
UNDI data segment at:   007DEE2
UNDI data segment size: 63E2
UNDI code segment at:   000742C2
UNDI code segment size: 5A22
PXE entry point found (we hope) at XXXX:XXXX
My IP address seems to be C8C8C8C8 200.200.200.200
Ip=200.200.200.200:200.200.200.1:0.0.0.0:255.255.255.0
TFTP prefix:
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
Loading
Invalid or corrupt kernel image.
boot:

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • syslinux-4.0.5

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