<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-compose } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Will this server get a dhcp address if you boot from the boot.iso (or disk 1 with askmethod) and select http, ftp or nfs as your install path?</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>If so, you are probably running into a switch timing issue that I have to deal with every day. Try adding an ethtool option to the end of your command line:</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>if 100MB Full Duplex:</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=off speed=100 duplex=full"</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>If 1000MB Full:</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full"</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Chip</DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth.Brosch@thomson.com Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:31 PM To: kickstart-list@redhat.com Subject: Kickstart fails </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> I have been trying to get kickstart working but have had no success.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Here are the last few lines of the kickstart process before it dies:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> *getting kickstart file<o:p></o:p> *sending dhcp request through device eth0<o:p></o:p> *waiting for link<o:p></o:p> * 5 seconds<o:p></o:p> * running dhcp for eth0<o:p></o:p> * pump told us: No DHCP reply received<o:p></o:p> * eth0 isn’t a wireless adaptor<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have checked every possible configuration with regards to dhcp, pxe, tftp, but cannot find anything wrong.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Has anyone else seen this type of behavior?<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Liz Brosch<o:p></o:p> TSH System Services<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">19104</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> office: (215) 386-0100 x1144<o:p></o:p> cell: (267) 784-9166<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></DIV></BODY></HTML>