Network kickstart weirdness

[Dan Peterson]

We ran into this as well. It seems to be a problem with the E1000 adaptor
(which the 2650 and 1850 [and others] are sporting). Check out
http://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2005-March/msg00087.html

We modified init.c as described in that note; rebuilt loader and put it back
in the initrd.img. Problem solved. Not clean, not pretty, but effective!

If you need more detailed steps let me know.

Dan Peterson.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robinson, Andrew W. [mailto:andrew.w.robinson at mms.gov] 
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:35 AM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Network kickstart weirdness

I think I have encountered this problem before, but cannot remember the
solution. I am trying to perform a network kickstart on a Dell PE 2650
server. The OS is RHEL 3 U4. No matter how I try this, the client seems not
to recognize that the kickstart file is present. It always asks for network
information. The system successfully obtained an address through dhcp for
the pxe-boot, but then it cannot seem to get an address to start the
installation process. I am perplexed. I do not know if this is a network
problem, a problem with the kickstart file, or maybe a problem with
anaconda. Can anyone suggest any clues that might enable me to figure out
what is wrong?

Thanks!

Andrew Robinson

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