<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Tom Brown wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:486A0DEE.4090801@ng23.net" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite">Tom, Please provide the following info: * What does /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/xxxxxxx look like (where xxxxxxxx corresponds to your system)? o Is xinetd (or standalone tftpd) running? * What does the host entry (corresponding to your system) in /etc/dhcpd.conf look like? o Is dhcpd running? * Are you 100% positive that there is an ethernet link on eth0 and not on some other NIC? (you may want to try setting ksdevice=link in your tftp boot file)? * Do you observe dhcp-related noise on the cobbler server (tcpdump, etc.) indicating that the provisioned system is communicating properly? Are there any f/w's, vlan issues (you may need a dhcp helper address if your system is on a separate vlan than the cobbler server), etc. that might interfere with the boot process? * Can you provide a more detailed list of what shows up on the console during the boot process? </blockquote> thanks but i am NOT using DHCP - this is rebuilding a current OS. As the install should happen over http is TFTP required? I imagine not </blockquote> Yes. DHCP is needed, since your system hasn't been assigned an IP address and can only identify itself by MAC. The network portion of your kickstart file will ensure that a static IP will be assigned to eth0 only AFTER the kickstart file has been downloaded. <ul> <li>Set 'manage_dhcp=1' in /etc/cobbler/settings (or /var/lib/cobbler/settings if using an older version of cobbler). </li> <li>In the dhcp template file (/etc/cobbler/dhcp.template) ensure that you have configured a stanza for the subnet corresponding to that of your provisioned system.</li> <ul> <li>E.g. </li> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li>... </li> <li>subnet 10.x.x.x netmask 255.255.254.0 { option routers 10.x.x.253; option subnet-mask 255.255.254.0; filename "/pxelinux.0"; next-server $next_server; }</li> <li>...</li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <li>Just be sure there are no 'range dynamic-bootp', 'default-lease-time', or 'max-lease-time' statements, since you are probably concerned about dynamic IP assignments in a prod environment. </li> </ul> <li>When provisioning your system with cobbler, specify both a MAC address and an IP address, so that the host stanza in /etc/dhcpd.conf is unique and not dependent upon dynamic options.</li> </ul> Give it a whirl and reply with any updates. :) - A. <blockquote cite="mid:486A0DEE.4090801@ng23.net" type="cite"> thanks _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com">et-mgmt-tools@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools</a> </blockquote> </body> </html>