NFS mount failed

[Ryan Golhar]

I have no idea.

After changing the NFS share from /kickstart to /products, things seem
to be working.  

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Ryan Golhar
Computational Scientist
The Informatics Institute at
The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

Phone: 973-972-5034
Fax: 973-972-7412
Email: golharam at umdnj.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:36 AM
To: 'kickstart-list at redhat.com'
Subject: AW: NFS mount failed


I meanthe network switch your server is connected to. It's made by which
vendor (e.g.) cisco.

>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von:	Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam at umdnj.edu]
>Gesendet am:	Freitag, 12. März 2004 15:46
>An:	kickstart-list at redhat.com
>Betreff:	RE: NFS mount failed
>
>I'm not sure I follow.  What do you mean what switch?
>
>-----
>Ryan Golhar
>Computational Scientist
>The Informatics Institute at
>The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
>
>Phone: 973-972-5034
>Fax: 973-972-7412
>Email: golharam at umdnj.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com 
>[mailto:kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger
>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:12 AM
>To: 'kickstart-list at redhat.com'
>Subject: AW: NFS mount failed
>
>
>Which switch do you use?
>
>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>Von:	Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam at umdnj.edu]
>>Gesendet am:	Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 16:57
>>An:	kickstart-list at redhat.com
>>Betreff:	RE: NFS mount failed
>>
>>How can I do a chkconfig in kickstart?  I know the NFS share is
>>correct, other machines can mount it properly...
>>
>>I tried the method of specifying ks=nfs:... With the same results.
>>
>>After doing some searching, I found other posts from people having
>>similar problems, they determined it was a timing issue, but I don't 
>>know if that's really the case or not.
>>
>>-----
>>Ryan Golhar
>>Computational Scientist
>>The Informatics Institute at
>>The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
>>
>>Phone: 973-972-5034
>>Fax: 973-972-7412
>>Email: golharam at umdnj.edu
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com
>>[mailto:kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger
>>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:06 AM
>>To: 'kickstart-list at redhat.com'
>>Subject: AW: NFS mount failed
>>
>>
>>Hi Ryan,
>>
>>did you do a chkconfig nfs on?
>>
>>I think you must enter the full Path to the ks.cfg-file:linux
>>ks=nfs:server.example.com:/mydir/ks.cfg
>>
>>Regards,
>>Martin
>>
>>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>Von:	Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam at umdnj.edu]
>>>Gesendet am:	Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 15:50
>>>An:	kickstart-list at redhat.com
>>>Betreff:	RE: NFS mount failed
>>>
>>>Hi Martin,
>>>
>>>1. I've set up the DHCP server with the filename "/kickstart/ks.cfg" 
>>>option 2. Set up the NFS server to share /kickstart 3. Created the 
>>>kickstart file and put in /kickstart and copied the CDs there too.
>>>4. Booted a machine from the 1st CD and enter "linux ks"
>>>
>>>It successfully obtains an IP address and location for obtaining the 
>>>kickstart file.  I can't tell from the output if actually got the 
>>>kickstart file...I thought it did.  Then it tries to mount /kickstart

>>>and fails.  This is way I'm not sure it was able to get the kickstart

>>>file or just knows about it from the DHCP reply.
>>>
>>>
>>>-----
>>>Ryan Golhar
>>>Computational Scientist
>>>The Informatics Institute at
>>>The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
>>>
>>>Phone: 973-972-5034
>>>Fax: 973-972-7412
>>>Email: golharam at umdnj.edu
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com 
>>>[mailto:kickstart-list-admin at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger
>>>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:24 AM
>>>To: 'kickstart-list at redhat.com'
>>>Subject: AW: NFS mount failed
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi Ryan,
>>>
>>>what steps did you take already?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>>Von:	Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam at umdnj.edu]
>>>>Gesendet am:	Freitag, 5. März 2004 18:30
>>>>An:	kickstart-list at redhat.com
>>>>Betreff:	NFS mount failed
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to setup a kickstart for multiple machines.  I have a 
>>>>DHCP
>
>>>>server running that also has the ks.cfg file in an nfs share called
>>>>/kickstart.  I also have the RedHat CDs copied into
/kickstart/RedHat
>>>>
>>>>When I start a kickstart installation, I get the "failed to mount 
>>>>NFS
>
>>>>source".
>>>>
>>>>I check to make sure I can mount /kickstart from other machines.  
>>>>I'm
>
>>>>wondering if I didn't copy the contents of the CDs in the correct
>>>>directory, or am sharing the wrong directory.  Can anyone help?
>>>>
>>>>Ryan
>>>>
>>>>
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