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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is it possible that the nic that is being used post PXE is not the same that is being used for pxe ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If so I would recommend to change the ksdevice from eth2 to the mac of the pxe system, that should work, and the same nic will be used regardless of how linux detects it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also I can’t remember the correct writing for the nfs: thingie, you might want to look that one up and make sure is fine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Bicho[DBZ]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@redhat.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Renil Thomas<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> kickstart-list@redhat.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Error downloading kickstart file<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I forgot to mention that RHEL 5.5 is being installed here.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks & Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Renil Thomas.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Renil Thomas <<a href="mailto:renilthomas82@gmail.com">renilthomas82@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>During kickstart installation of a sun x4270 machines using dhcp/pxe the below error is obtained while the nfs file download. There are already some relevant bugs but I would like to how we can debug at this stage, i.e., what are the possible debugs?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>+ Error downloading kickstart file +-------------+<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-> | |<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-> | Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the |<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-> | kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an |<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-> | interactive installation. |<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-> | <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The configurations seems to be fine, as the same is working on other set of machines. For instance, the pxelinux.cfg/"Hex" file consists:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>default linux<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>label linux<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> kernel red_hat/vmlinuz<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> append initrd=red_hat/initrd.img ramdisk_size=65536 vga=no ip=130.130.21.121 netmask=255.255.255.0 ksdevice=eth2 ks=nfs:130.130.21.120:/myshare/ks.cfg acpi=off console=ttyS0,19200<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>in /etc/exports the directory is exported:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>/myshare *(rw,sync)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>nfs services are fine and the exported directories can be mounted on from other machines in the network:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> rpcinfo -p<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> program vers proto port<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100011 1 udp 969 rquotad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100011 2 udp 969 rquotad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100011 1 tcp 972 rquotad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100011 2 tcp 972 rquotad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 2 udp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 3 udp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 4 udp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 1 udp 32769 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 3 udp 32769 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 4 udp 32769 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 1 tcp 32803 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 3 tcp 32803 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100021 4 tcp 32803 nlockmgr<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 2 tcp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 3 tcp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100003 4 tcp 2049 nfs<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 1 udp 983 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 1 tcp 986 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 2 udp 983 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 2 tcp 986 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 3 udp 983 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> 100005 3 tcp 986 mountd<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks & Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Renil Thomas<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>