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<DIV><SPAN class=773160423-07052004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes,
I'm having the same problem. It fails initially, but the kickstart prompts
me for a new location. I just press Enter to accept the old one and it
proceeds to mount the nfs share. I've already submitted a report on
bugzilla on this: 117748</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>-----<BR>Ryan Golhar<BR>Computational Biologist<BR>The
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe Robertson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 07, 2004 5:05
PM<BR><B>To:</B> kickstart-list@redhat.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> NFS kickstart
fails with e1000.ko drivers<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe this is
probably an anaconda problem but since it only shows up when I'm
trying</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>to do kickstart I
will send it here.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question:
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Has </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>anyone has been successful </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>in running kickstart via NFS
through an Intel 82546EB network interface?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm fighting a
problem getting kickstart to run with these NICs (using NFS).
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>It appears to be
related to the NIC in use.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have setup a PXE
install environment using NFS to hold a copy of the installation tree
(created</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>by copying all of
the contents of all of the CDs for a given version of linux). I can do
interactive installs</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>with RH9, Fedora
Core 1, Core 2/test 1-3, as well as others. These installs work without
incident on</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>all hardware I've
tried so far.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem comes
in when I try to use kickstart instead of doing the interactive installs on a
machine</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>that uses the
<FONT size=2>Intel 82546EB Gigabit ethernet chipset</FONT>. When the
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>installation gets to a point where it </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>needs to access
NFS (for the kickstart file or for the installation) </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>at which time it reports that
NFS </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>has failed and
tries to load from CD (according to the ALT-F3 screen) </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>then
halts. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT
face=Arial size=2>I have tried this on </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>several Dell
1600sc and a SuperMicro 6013P-T with the same results.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I added a 3COM
3C905C-TX card to the Dell 1600sc and configured the bios so I could install
from </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>that card via
PXE. The kickstart installation runs just fine with this nic - no other
changes.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've tried several
suggestions - I used a 3COM 3C39036 switch (instead of the netgear Gb), I've
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>connected two
computers directly with a crossover cable (no switch) but cannot get kickstart
to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>run when using the
Intel 82546EB Gb nic.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions
for isolating this (or solving it) would be welcomed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626445918-07052004><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Joe</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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