<html><body> <tt>Hardware Environment: p615; Software Environment: RHEL3 Update1 for pSeries. </tt> <tt>After setting up dhcp/nfs/tftp on install server, I triggered the network </tt> <tt>installation. But installation is blocked here:</tt> <tt> +--------------------+ Configure TCP/IP +--------------------+ | Please enter the IP configuration for this machine. Each | | item should be entered as an IP address in dotted-decimal | | notation (for example, 1.2.3.4). | | [*] Use dynamic IP configuration (BOOTP/DHCP) | | IP address: ________________ | | Netmask: ________________ | | Default gateway (IP): ________________ | | Primary nameserver: ________________ | | +----+ +------+ | | | OK | | Back | | | +----+ +------+ | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ If I select "OK", the installation continues and completes successfully.</tt> <tt>There is no DHCPREQUEST & DHCPACK in /var/log/messages. It seems that </tt> <tt>DHCPOFFER is not received or DHCPREQUEST is not sent out by anaconda.</tt> <tt>My question is:</tt> <tt>1) </tt><tt>Is there any option or kernel parameter I can longthen dhcp timeout?</tt> <tt> (some option like dhcptimeout for SuSE)</tt> <tt>2) How can I work it around?(e.g. have anaconada imitate pressing "OK")</tt> <tt>3) Does anybody run into such a situation before? How did you solve it?</tt> <tt> (For me, this ONLY occurs on p615.)</tt> <tt>Thanks!</tt> <tt>=============================================================================</tt> <tt> Additional Informations</tt> <tt>=============================================================================</tt> <tt>On install server, dumped messages from /var/log/messages:</tt><tt> "... Mar 10 07:27:20 c550mgrs in.tftpd[21741]: RRQ from 9.114.86.47 filename csm/ks3-ppc64-zImage.initrd Mar 10 02:28:51 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:28:51 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 9.114.86.47 to 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:28:51 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:28:51 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 9.114.86.47 to 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 "</tt> <tt> </tt><tt>On other hardware such as p630/p690, </tt><tt>with the same software configuration, DHCP can be configured successfully. The dumped messages from /var/log/messages </tt> <tt>look like: "... Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 9.114.86.47 to 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 9.114.86.47 to 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 </tt><tt>Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 9.114.86.47 (9.114.86.253) from 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0 Mar 10 02:10:46 c550mgrs dhcpd: DHCPACK on 9.114.86.47 to 00:09:6b:be:30:c9 via eth0</tt><tt> ... " Note: The last two lines(DHCPREQUEST & DHCPACK) </tt><tt>in blue text</tt><tt> are missing from </tt> <tt>logs of p615. </tt> <tt>A defect has been opened on LTC bugzilla to track this problem:</tt> <tt> </tt><tt><a href="https://bugzilla.linux.ibm.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6776">https://bugzilla.linux.ibm.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6776</a></tt> Yours Sincerely, Chen, Wang Nan IBM China Software Development Laboratory 4/F, DeShi Building, No.9, East Road, ShangDi, Haidian District, Beijng 100085, PRC Tel: 86-10-82782244 x 2801 Fax: 86-10-82782244-2887 Email: chenwn@cn.ibm.com</body></html>