RE: Unable to get any httprequests: Unable toretreive netstg2.imgfile

[SSTinsley upsfreight com]

kickstart-list-bounces redhat com wrote on 05/17/2007
08:46:19 AM:

> On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 07:20 -0400, SSTinsley upsfreight com wrote:
> > kickstart-list-bounces redhat com wrote on 05/16/2007 08:28:48
PM:
> > > The reason you can get an IP and PXEboot is because the
NIC is up
> > for
> > > more than 30 seconds, which gives the switch time to negotiate
with
> > the
> > > NIC and turn up the port.  When anaconda starts, it
recycles the NIC
> > (to
> > > load the driver).  If you have portfast issues, anaconda
will
> > timeout
> > > before your switch makes the port live.
> > > 
> > > Ananacoda will also recycle the NIC one more time after
it gets the
> > > ks.cfg, but that one never causes portfast timeout issues.
> > > 
> > 
> > I here what your saying. I took your suggestion to the network
guys
> > and they confirmed the 
> > switch is configured correctly. So short of calling them liars,
I am
> > pretty much at a 
> > standstill and have to go with the ks.cfg on CDROM. 
> 
> you may want to add "nicdelay=40 linksleep=30" to you kernel
command
> line.
> 
> I didn't see that in any of your posts so I thought I'd mention it.
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189795
> 
> Note: you can add these to your ifcfg-eth0 conf file as well
> # No portfast, wait 30s
> LINKDELAY=30
> # DISABLE stupid ZeroConf address
> NOZEROCONF=1
> 
> 
> I've been on this list for a long time and been quite mostly but this
is
> a long thread and I thought I would hop in share my thoughts with
the
> rest of the Internet as well :)
> 
> I'm not calling your networking team a liar, but in the same effect,
you
> appear to be experiencing an issue where linkdelay and nicdelay my
come
> in handy for you (works for both static and dhcp)
> 
> -- 
> - Kevin Landreth - RHCE
> - Sr. Systems Architect


While this may solve the problem (and I will try it
if I have time), I think
the thread shows that there is an issue. The fact
that DHCP works fine during
the PXE boot and download of the kernel and fails
in Anaconda should be
reason enough to a fix to be made. Make the DHCP operate
consistently during the
whole process.

Thanks for your help

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