Re: Fedora 7 Kickstart / Stage2 Issue

[Phil Oester <kernel linuxace com>]

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 02:34:56PM -0500, David Hageman wrote:
> 
> I have been using kickstart to setup our computer labs for the last 
> several releases of Fedora.  I thought while I had some time, that I would 
> implement a cobbler setup and roll out Fedora 7.
> 
> I am running into an issue with kickstarting Fedora 7.
> 
> I use the boot.iso to create a bootable CD which from the command line 
> type in my kickstart command:  ks=http://<pathtoks.cfg>
> 
> Anaconda starts up, grabs an IP address, grabs the kickstart file and at 
> this point attempts to re-initialize the interface using DHCP.  The system 
> queries via DHCP several times before it gives up and attempts to retrieve 
> stage2 which fails ...
> 
> I am at a loss because I watch the DHCP server logs and it sees all the 
> queries and responds to each one.  It is like anaconda is ignoring the 
> responses.
> 
> I have looked at the mailing list for previous problems and solutions and 
> have even set portfast on the port in question, but it failed to help me.
> 
> I have also set various other options such as noipv6 ksdevice=link 
> loglevel=debug without any success.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas on this?

Did you query bugzilla?

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241783

Phil