[K12OSN] doing the pivot_root server not responding

[Klaus Ade Johnstad]

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lørdag 16. oktober 2004, 11:59, skrev dean at mumby.co.za:
> Quoting Pete <pvdw at criticalcontrol.com>:
> > John A. Smith wrote:
> > >>Did the newbie read the basic documentation???
> > >
> > >Yes . . . and I googled for quite a while too.
> >
> > The Doc from James McQuillan?
> > Page 11
> > 2.3 Configuring the services needed by LTSP
> > http://www.ltsp.org/documentation/ltsp-4.1/ltsp-4.1-0-en.pdf
> > ltspcfg is mentioned there no...?
> >
> > Also from that doc (page 30)
> > Is tftp running?
> > netstat -anp | grep ":69"
> > Should return 1 line : udp ....
> > Check /etc/inetd.conf
> > tftp dgram udp wait ...
> > This line is NOT commented out?
> > in
> > /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
> > make sure the service tftp section is enabled
> > (disable=no) not yes
> >
> >  From the logs you send it is either this or NFS
> > Is the /opt/ltsp/i386 directory listed in /etc/exports?
> > If not chances are you didn't run ltspcfg properly
> > See pages 31 and up in the above mentioned doc.
> >
> > If TFTP is running we will troubleshoot NFS, let me know
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > >>Did you run the ltspcfg tool?
> > >
> > >No . . . funny no mention of that in the basic documentation . .
> > > .So I just
> >
> > ran it and it didn't seem to make a difference. I'll restart to
> > make sure all services restart properly with any new config.
> >
> > >As for dhcpd.conf ours are identical, except subnets
> > >
> > >-john smith
> >
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>
> I must say that I have become slightly dissolutioned with k12ltsp 4.1
> I had a running server using 3.1.2 I decied to upgrade and did a
> fresh install. I have had this problem for over a week. I have
> googled through hundreds of pages and have confirmed all servercies
> are running as per docs. If I do a clean install and setup everything
> with defaults I get this error. 3.1.2 worked perfectly out the box
> and I dont mind that as much as the fact that I have seen this
> problem asked so many times and yet to see and answer. I wish you
> better luck and if you do resolve it please post back to the list as
> I am sure it will help someone else.\
>
> Regards\
> Dean
>

Your frustration is very understandable. I had the same problem some 
years ago, turned out that the network cards that I was using (intel 
pro100) gave this error, other network cards worked just fine.

Have you tried different network cards?
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Klaus
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