I have been fighting almost the identical problem. See the thread entitled "Re: Kickstart via PXE/NFS" After the kernel is loaded via configuration set up in the pxelinux config file, the network will not come up and the ks.cfg file can then not be loaded. I get the network config screen asking to use DHCP or to enter static info for setup of eth0. It has really bee frustrating. I finally just placed my ks.cfg on CDROM and was able to get the rest of the PXE auto install to complete. If you get a resolution, I will be very interested. I have had a case open with RedHat for 2 days waiting for a response. <tt>kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com wrote on 05/16/2007 04:38:30 AM: > Nope. Nothing in the error logs. > > In my troubleshooting, this is what I've found... > > When I remove the ks=http://<ServerIP>/<PATH>/ks.cfg from my "default" file > Client PXE boots, shows menu and loads vmlinuz/initrd. > Then it shows up the Language selection. No luck. > However, when I change my default file to read: ks=/<PATH>/ks.cfg, > Client PXE boots, shows menu and loads vmlinuz/initrd. > Then it gives the error "Error opening kickstart file (null): Bad address" > I do some more research (see link below) > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2004-06/5939.html > and modified the ks.cfg file...add more network parameters like so: > network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=171.67.39.139 > --netmask=255.255.255.224 --gateway=171.67.39.129 --nameserver=171.64.7.77 > --hostname=as-test.stanford.edu > Still no luck. > I then changed my --device=eth0 to --device=link and then to > --device=eth1...still no luck. Then put it back to --device=eth0. > Then I change my PATH from: > url --url http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise > to > url --url http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64 > Still no luck. > Again nothing in the http logs. > > It looks like the installer is reading the ks.cfg file silently since it > complained that it couldn't find it from the default file when I didn't > specify the http://<servername>. > Can I figure out what is reading and stopping. Is there a way to look at > the kickstart logs (If there is any...I haven't seen one). > > I tried to create logging as well in my ks.cfg file...no luck...no output: > %pre --log=/tmp/my-pre-log > echo 'Hello, World!' > > Here is my directory/file setup: > > TFTP: > > /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg > [root@as-kickball pxelinux.cfg]# ls > default pxeos.xml > > [root@as-kickball linux-install]# ls -lR > .: > total 32 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 14 00:31 ENT_LINUX_32 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 16 00:30 ENT_LINUX_64 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 14 21:09 msgs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12952 Oct 24 2006 pxelinux.0 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 16 00:25 pxelinux.cfg > > ./ENT_LINUX_32: > total 0 > > ./ENT_LINUX_64: > total 5984 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4310479 May 14 15:29 initrd.img > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 85 May 16 00:30 ks.cfg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1792835 May 14 15:29 vmlinuz > > ./msgs: > total 24 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 534 May 14 21:00 boot.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 668 Oct 24 2006 expert.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 871 Oct 24 2006 general.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 860 Oct 24 2006 param.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 530 Oct 24 2006 rescue.msg > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 545 Oct 24 2006 snake.msg > > ./pxelinux.cfg: > total 20 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 511 May 16 00:25 default > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 511 May 15 23:34 default.bak > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 461 May 15 14:44 default.dhcp > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 573 May 15 13:30 default.staticIP > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42 May 14 16:28 pxeos.xml > > My HTTP directory: > > [root@as-kickball /]# ls -lart /var/www/html > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:17 .. > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 14 00:35 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 14 00:40 ENT_LINUX_32 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 15 15:49 ENT_LINUX_64 > > [root@as-kickball /]# ls -lart /var/www/html/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ > total 136 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 114688 Feb 24 13:15 RPMS > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 14 15:53 base > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1386 May 15 15:05 ks_ent_linux_64.cfg > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 15 15:49 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1242 May 16 01:08 ks.cfg > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 16 01:08 . > > I am at a loss now. I am sure it's something simple as it mostly is. > Help is appreciated. > > Tomorrow, I'll tell my networking guy to enable "spanning tree" so I could > use dhcp and get the static crap out of my way. > Will let you know more. > > -Mukarram. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike Jennings > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:47 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: Re: Unable to get any http requests:Unable to retreive > netstg2.imgfile > > Is the apache log showing any 404 errors? My stupid screwups are > always shown in the error log when I typo something. > > Mike > > > > On May 15, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Mukarram Syed wrote: > > > > > Colin, > > I changed it from ksdevice=eth0 to ksdevice=link > > > > Sorry, that didn't help. > > > > Wonder what else could it be, why is it not connecting to the http > > server? > > I don't see any traffic in tcpdump after pxeboot. > > > > -Mukarram. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Coe, Colin > > C. (Unix > > Engineer) > > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:56 PM > > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > > Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests:Unabletoretreive > > netstg2.imgfile > > > > > > Try changing 'ksdevice=eth0' to 'ksdevice=link'. With 2.6 kernels, > > the > > kernel's idea of what eth0 and eth1 are often differs from the BIOS/ > > PXE > > stack. > > > > CC > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > >> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mukarram Syed > >> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 8:42 AM > >> To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart' > >> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests: > >> Unabletoretreive netstg2.imgfile > >> > >> John, > >> Sorry...just to make things clear. > >> eth0 works to get the dhcp/tftp request and eth1 does not. > >> However, I tried using both is what I meant. > >> > >> We have a problem with dhcp, the networking folks here did > >> not enable "spanning tree" on the switch ports, until that > >> happens I am using static > >> ip. I double checked the syntax etc. > >> > >> Thanks > >> -Mukarram. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > >> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of John > >> Summerfield > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:32 PM > >> To: Discussion list about Kickstart > >> Subject: Re: Unable to get any http requests: Unable > >> toretreive netstg2.imgfile > >> > >> Mukarram Syed wrote: > >>> Thanks Colin for the quick response > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yes. It does have. It's a Dell PE2950. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I have already tried that option as well. > >>> > >>> I tried both ksdevice=eth0 and ksdevice=eth1 and they don't work. > >>> > >> > >> If you can connect all network interfaces, that might help, > >> because it then doesn't matter whether either one or both is used. > >> > >> If you run arpwatch that will report on which interfaces are > >> used (by mac address and IP). > >> > >> More below... > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> -Mukarram. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > >>> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of > >> Coe, Colin C. > >> (Unix > >>> Engineer) > >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:52 PM > >>> To: Discussion list about Kickstart > >>> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests: Unable to retreive > >>> netstg2.imgfile > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Does the machine you're on have multiple Ethernet > >> interfaces? If so, > >>> what you may find is adding 'ksdevice=link' will assist. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> CC > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> > >>> From: kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com > >>> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of > >> Mukarram Syed > >>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 7:50 AM > >>> To: kickstart-list@redhat.com > >>> Subject: Unable to get any http requests: Unable to retreive > >>> netstg2.img file > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I am sure there is some information regarding my request, but I am > >>> unable > >> to > >>> find it, hence the post. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I configured my kickstart server using http. > >>> > >>> I am able to pxeboot the client, but my client is not able > >> to get the > >>> netstg2.img file from the server. > >>> > >>> I am able to http into my netstg2.img directory from a web browser > >>> from another server in the same subnet successfully. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Also I tried to put in a boot cdrom and run the following: > >>> > >>> Linux ks=http://<ServerIP>/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg > >>> ip=<ClientIP> > >>> netmask=255.255.255.224 gateway=<GatewayIP> > >> > >> > >> I have never used static IP for ks, I alway configure > >> everything I can with dhcp. However, I do know that that's > >> not the format the kernel expects for the ip parameter. Check > >> your documentation, if I were writing a script tp parse ip= > >> then I'd conform to the existing standards (that is, the way > >> the kernel expects it), and that's what works with Ubuntu. > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Still no luck. It goes straight to the cd installer. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried to tcpdump the traffic on the MAC address of the client, it > >> outputs > >>> the tftp information and after that it stops. > >>> > >>> I don't see any http traffic coming from the client. > >> > >> That's fairly consistent with you specifying ip= incorrectly. > >> > >> btw, if you're using PXE, the why are you trying to spectify > >> static IP info? > >> > >> btw, as I recall, pxelinux has an option to pass on the IP > >> address info it gets in the proper format for the kernel to parse. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I'd appreciate some help in this regard. > >>> > >>> I've spent all day trying to troubleshoot this but no luck. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks Much > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Mukarram Syed > >>> > >>> Unix Systems Administrator, > >>> > >>> Stanford University. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. > >>> They may contain legally privileged information or > >>> copyright material. 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