On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com wrote : >Send Redhat-install-list mailing list submissions to > redhat-install-list@redhat.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > redhat-install-list-owner@redhat.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Redhat-install-list digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. kickstart install/ RHEL 4 update 2/ IBM Blade Center (Marc M) > 2. Re: kermit configuration file (Bob Kinney) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:43:09 -0500 > From: "Marc M" <linuxr@gmail.com> >Subject: kickstart install/ RHEL 4 update 2/ IBM Blade Center >To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" > <redhat-install-list@redhat.com> >Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com> >Message-ID: > <b60a966f0603121943n21d26438n7e8d755cd0340118@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hello, > >I am setting up a kickstart installation on an IBM blade server with RHEL 4 >update 2. There is a management server with a web interface that allows me >to restart blades, etc. The management server is also the DHCP server and >they are all on 192 addresses. The repository is on the management server >and there is a /tftpboot directory. > >I am still having trouble with the services somewhere. When it boots up to >(blade 1 for example), I get messages saying that it is looking for >DHCP....then an ARP timeout. It does display the MAC address so the client >and server do connect. I am pretty sure the PXE part is set up right as >well. > >I am not sure how to make ARP and/or TFTP not time out. Is TFTP too wimpy >to use for this? Should I be using ftp or http instead? I have tried via >http and also via ftp and both times they have failed because I don't quite >get it to find the right information. > >Someone else set up the NFS mount and suppossedly that is working. I have >tried starting and stopping various services when it connects, since it >fails consistently anyway. I don't know a lick about NFS, so I don't know >how to check it or anything. I didn't change anything to do with NFS so it >should still be working. > >Apparrently the system is set to use a /var/www/html/blade.cfg file rather >than a ks.cfg file. I am very sure the file entries are ok, since I have >looked at it a thousand times. > >1. I am not too familiar with arp; basically I know that there is arp and >reverse arp and one of them has to do with getting ip addresses from known >hostnames and the other deals with the oppossite. I have seen the arp -a >command but I am not really sure what that does. > >2. When I go into the GNOME desktop under something like System Tools -> >whatever -> 'Network Boot', and I click on a blade (1 for example) - I get a >box that is pointing to the (correct) ip address/blade.cfg. Before you tell >me to change it to /var/www/html/blade.cfg, I can tell you that the installs >die regardless of what is in that gui box. Hence the suspicion of some sort >of network services interfering. > >3. Can anyone just tell me any services that I absolutely MUST have running >and of course any that are definitely a problem? That alone would be a >great place to continue from. > >Thanks in advance > >Marc >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-install-list/attachments/20060312/a052fc9f/attachment.html > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:51:57 -0800 (PST) > From: Bob Kinney <bc98kinney@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: kermit configuration file >To: redhat-install-list@redhat.com >Message-ID: <20060313155157.62914.qmail@web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 15:46 -0800, Bob Kinney wrote: > > > I've searched high and low for an answer to this; hopefully somebody here > > can > > > help. > > > > > > I'm trying to get kermit to read two commands from a .mykermrc file in my > > home > > > directory: > > > > > > SET LINE /dev/ttyS0 > > > SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF > > > > > > I also have an identical .kermrc. > > > > > > For some reason, the SET LINE command does not work. > > > > > > [bob@micron ~]$ kermit > > > /var/lock > > > C-Kermit 8.0.209, 17 Mar 2003, for Red Hat Linux 8.0 > > > Copyright (C) 1985, 2003, > > > Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. > > > Type ? or HELP for help. > > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show file > > > > > > Transfer mode: automatic > > > File patterns: automatic (SHOW PATTERNS for list) > > > File scan: on 49152 > > > Default file type: binary > > > File names: converted > > > Send pathnames: off > > > Receive pathnames: auto > > > Match dot files: no > > > Wildcard-expansion: kermit > > > File collision: backup > > > File destination: disk > > > File incomplete: auto > > > File bytesize: 8 > > > File character-set: ascii > > > File default 7-bit: ascii > > > File default 8-bit: latin1-iso > > > File UCS bom: on > > > File UCS byte-order: little-endian > > > Computer byteorder: little-endian > > > File end-of-line: lf > > > File eof: length > > > File download-directory: (none) > > > Send move-to: (none) > > > Send rename-to: (none) > > > Receive move-to: (none) > > > Receive rename-to: (none) > > > Initialization file: /home/bob/.kermrc > > > Root set: (none) > > > Disk output buffer: 32768 (writes are buffered, blocking) > > > Stringspace: 500000 > > > Listsize: 102400 > > > Longest filename: 255 > > > Longest pathname: 4096 > > > Last file sent: (none) > > > Last file received: (none) > > > > > > Also see: > > > SHOW PROTOCOL, SHOW XFER, SHOW PATTERNS, SHOW STREAMING, SHOW > > CHARACTER-SETS > > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show comm > > > > > > Communications Parameters: > > > Line: /dev/tty, speed: unknown, mode: remote, modem: generic > > > Parity: none, duplex: full, flow: none, handshake: none > > > Carrier-watch: off, close-on-disconnect: off > > > Lockfile directory: /var/lock > > > Typical port device name: /dev/ttyS0 > > > > > > Modem signals unavailable > > > > > > Type SHOW DIAL to see DIAL-related items. > > > Type SHOW MODEM to see modem-related items. > > > > > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit> > > > > > > > > > If I rename .kermrc to hide it, the CARRIER-WATCH line changes to the > > > system default of "auto". > > > > > > > > > Using FC3 on kernel 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3. > > > > > > Anyone have any advice? > > > > First, swap the "SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF" and the "SET LINE /dev/ttyS0" > > lines. You have to turn off carrier watch before swapping to a line > > without carrier. > > > >Thanks for the advice Rick. I tried it, without success. This seems to >be something that broke between RH9 and FC3 distros. I had it working on >RH9, but I did FC3 as a fresh install. > >Seems to me that a *lot* of stuff broke between those releases: >Installer (anaconda drive geometry problems) >Sound >man page database not created >etc. > > > > >[bob@micron ~]$ cat .kermrc > >SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF >SET LINE /dev/ttyS0 > > > >[bob@micron ~]$ kermit >/var/lock >C-Kermit 8.0.209, 17 Mar 2003, for Red Hat Linux 8.0 > Copyright (C) 1985, 2003, > Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. >Type ? or HELP for help. >(/home/bob/) C-Kermit>connect >Sorry, you must SET LINE or SET HOST first >(/home/bob/) C-Kermit>quit >[bob@micron ~]$ > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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