Kickstart fails

Fri Oct 7 20:19:05 UTC 2005

The server receives an address during PXE:

output from syslog:

Oct  7 16:10:24 edcappsrhat7 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:14:c2:3c:a9:d2
via eth0

Oct  7 16:10:24 edcappsrhat7 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 10.xxx.xxx.xxx to
00:14:c2:3c:a9:d2 via eth0

Oct  7 16:10:28 edcappsrhat7 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
(10.xxx.xxx.xxx) from 00:14:c2:3c:a9:d2 via eth0

Oct  7 16:10:28 edcappsrhat7 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 10.xxx.xxx.xxx to
00:14:c2:3c:a9:d2 via eth0

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9102]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename pxelinux.0

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9102]: tftp: client does not
accept options

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9103]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename pxelinux.0

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9104]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename pxelinux.cfg/01-00-14-c2-3c-a9-d2

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9104]: sending NAK (1, File not
found) to 10.xxx.xxx.xxx

Oct  7 20:10:28 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9105]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename pxelinux.cfg/0xxxxxx

Oct  7 20:12:03 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9224]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename vmlinuz

Oct  7 20:12:03 edcappsrhat7 in.tftpd[9225]: RRQ from 10.xxx.xxx.xxx
filename initrd.img

Then it starts the process and dies with the message I posted earlier.
It just hangs at the:

Welcome to Red Hat  Enterprise Linux

Configure TCP/IP screen

Thanks.

Liz Brosch

TSH System Services

Philadelphia, PA  19104

office:  (215) 386-0100 x1144

cell:     (267) 784-9166

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From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 3:59 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: RE: Kickstart fails

Do you get an address when you boot from disk 1 or the boot.iso?  

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From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth.Brosch at thomson.com
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:56 PM
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Subject: RE: Kickstart fails

Thanks for the reply Chip but it didn't work.  I received the same
error.

Liz 

________________________________

From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Shabazian, Chip
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 3:43 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: RE: Kickstart fails

Will this server get a dhcp address if you boot from the boot.iso (or
disk 1 with askmethod) and select http, ftp or nfs as your install path?

If so, you are probably running into a switch timing issue that I have
to deal with every day.  Try adding an ethtool option to the end of your
command line:

if 100MB Full Duplex:

ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=off speed=100 duplex=full"

If 1000MB Full:

ksdevice=eth0 eth0_ethtool="autoneg=on speed=1000 duplex=full"

Chip

________________________________

From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth.Brosch at thomson.com
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:31 PM
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Subject: Kickstart fails

I have been trying to get kickstart working but have had no success.

Here are the last few lines of the kickstart process before it dies:

*getting kickstart file

*sending dhcp request through device eth0

*waiting for link

* 5 seconds

* running dhcp for eth0

* pump told us:  No DHCP reply received

* eth0 isn't a wireless adaptor

I have checked every possible configuration with regards to dhcp, pxe,
tftp, but cannot find anything wrong.

Has anyone else seen this type of behavior?

Thanks in advance.

Liz Brosch

TSH System Services

Philadelphia, PA  19104

office:  (215) 386-0100 x1144

cell:     (267) 784-9166

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