[et-mgmt-tools] Is a switch required?

[Ole Ersoy]

Michael,

Yes I got that part figured out.  I'll also put my troubleshooting notes on the wiki a little later.  It ended up being the original hardware that just did not know how to request a DHCP lease.  It works fine when I try other hardware.  Now I just got to get past the "TFTP Open Timeout".  I'm sure it's something trivial in the config setup, so I'm just going to go through the tutorials again and make sure I buttoned everything up properly.

Thanks for checking in - Especially on vacation and all!
- Ole



Michael DeHaan wrote:
> Ole Ersoy wrote:
>> Subhendu,
>>
>> Sorry for the stooopid filename clarification request.  I see what you 
>> mean.  The main entry has it, so the "host llama0" entry does not need 
>> it.  I'm just reading up on DHCP now, so it's starting to come to me :-).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Ole
>>
>>
> 
> So, long thread, everything settled?
> FWIW, a good place for troubleshooting discussion is #cobbler on 
> irc.freenode.net.
> I won't be online there until next week (vacation still) though there 
> are a lot of other people there that can help if you're still trying
> to figure things out.
> 
> --Michael
> 
>>
>> Subhendu Ghosh wrote:
>>> Ole Ersoy wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've been attempting to trouble shoot my attempt at pxe booting by 
>>>> reading through this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.linux-sxs.org/internet_serving/pxeboot.html
>>>>
>>>> One of the things it says is a requirement is a switch.  Right now 
>>>> I'm using a router, for which I just turned off DHCP.  Anyone know 
>>>> if a switch is a requirement?
>>>>
>>>> Another thing I noticed is that this was entered in the DCHP config 
>>>> file:
>>>>
>>>> host llama0 {
>>>> hardware ethernet 04:4B:80:80:80:03;
>>>> fixed-address 192.168.0.254;
>>>> option host-name "llama0";
>>>> filename "pxelinux.0";
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> I don't have this in the DHCP config template that comes with 
>>>> cobbler.  Is something like this required? Thanks,
>>>> - Ole
>>>>
>>>
>>> DHCP works via subnet broadcast - if you are doing DHCP across a 
>>> router, the router needs to have dhcp-relay function turned on.  
>>> Otherwise you are stuck.
>>>
>>> The filename is set in the main ISC dhcp definition if you are using 
>>> the shipped /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template. Hence it is inherited by 
>>> individual entries. No need to set it individually for each host entry.
>>>
>>> -cheers
>>> Subhendu
>>>
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