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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=479335801-07032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>> <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(So typically when an
issue is solved, does the person with the issue and resolution write a summary
for the list?)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=479335801-07032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=479335801-07032007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Usually all I see is
either a "it worked" or those with problems stop asking
questions :(</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=479335801-07032007></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#000080><FONT size=2>I<SPAN class=479335801-07032007>f you ever want to
make a "generic" boot cd, you can assign the IP address on the boot: line, then
have just what you need to get the machine up in the embedded ks.cfg, and
use wget, or nfs (not sure about ftp/tftp) to pull in the system specific
config, then use %include to add it into the ks.cfg. This is the way we
are moving to.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=479335801-07032007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=479335801-07032007>Glad you got things
working,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=479335801-07032007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=479335801-07032007>Chip</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ramthun,
William<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 06, 2007 4:01 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Discussion
list about Kickstart<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few
seconds more?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chip,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for the
help!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I did try setting
ethtool_opts=”autoneg off speed 100 duplex full” along with the nicdelay=50
earlier and received no love for my efforts.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I did build the 20
configs and wrapped them in the initrd.img – and that worked. I did have
to edit all 20 configs for a cut/paste line-wrap error. But now the 20
systems are built.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I really appreciate the
help in working to a solution. Since this problem is solved for now and
for all my other installation needs the ks=http:// works, I am not sure that I
will ever learn what my network problem was.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(So typically when an
issue is solved, does the person with the issue and resolution write a summary
for the list?)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Bill</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Shabazian,
Chip<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, March 05,
2007 12:59 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion
list about Kickstart<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Try the
following:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you are connected to
a gigabit switch:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Boot: ap10903-02-net
ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.196.254.122 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.196.254.1
nicdelay=50 linksleep=50 ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg on speed 1000 duplex
full"</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you are connected to
a 100Mb switch:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Boot: ap10903-02-net
ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.196.254.122 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.196.254.1
nicdelay=50 linksleep=50 ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg off speed 100 duplex
full"</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Ramthun,
William<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, March 05,
2007 8:51 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Discussion
list about Kickstart<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
RE: "pump" times out -- extend a few seconds more?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Summarizing my
situation:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Client
HW: HP DL385</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Client
OS: RHEL3U5</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> The boot cd is
mounted via the virtual cdrom thru HP’s ILO port.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My isolinux.cfg
contains the entry:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> label
ap10903-02-net</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
kernel vmlinuz</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
append ks=http://10.1.181.252/cgi-bin/avamar/dl385_data_node initrd=initrd.img
text</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And on the boot: line I
use:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Boot: ap10903-02-net
ksdevice=eth0 ip=10.196.254.122 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.196.254.1
<nicdelay/linksleep=options></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
I’ve used both nicdelay and linksleep with values of 50, 500, 5000, and 50000
with no discernable boot delays. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The result
is:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I see
vmliniz and initrd loading.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am
presented the “welcome to red hat linux” blue screen (I’m in text
mode)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Then I see the usb and raid controller drivers load</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Then I see a “determine hostname and domain”</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
( I think this is where the timeout occurs )</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
Then I am prompted to “choose a language”</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 5.25pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In a
different terminal window I am “pinging” the 10.196.154.122 IP during the whole
boot process. Once the “choose a language” prompt appears, then the
interface begins responding to my pings.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My next step is to
include the Kickstart config in the initrd.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If anyone sees any
issues with my method, please drop me a note.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Bill</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>Vivek.Kalia@Euroclear.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, March 02, 2007 10:49
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
kickstart-list@redhat.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: "pump" times out -- extend a
few seconds more?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regarding experience of
parameters</SPAN></FONT> <BR><TT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
nicdelay=50 linksleep=50</SPAN></FONT></TT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I used them today to
circumvent the Anaconda "time-out" and can confirm that they worked in the
required manner.</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My previous http builds were failing
to contact the apache server due to the time-out. With these values in place, I
could see Anaconda waiting about 50 seconds while the NIC initialised; the build
then completed normally.</SPAN></FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am still investigating the root
cause of the time-out, but this seems a good circumvention.</SPAN></FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vivek Kalia</SPAN></FONT></P>
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systems and to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable
law, to monitor and intercept email messages to and from its systems.
Euroclear is the marketing name for the Euroclear System, Euroclear plc,
Euroclear SA/NV and their affiliates.
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