[Fwd: f8: install via PXE/NFS problem (mount)]

[Joe_Wulf]

Dario,

Your description seems remarkably similar to a problem I've described through
this list before and continue to have.

Questions for you:
-  What is the OS of the system hosting your PXE/kickstart processes?  Is it
   updated and current with patches?
-  How good (what kind) of computer is doing the hosting, how much memory, what
   kind of nic card, what network equipment are you dealing with?
-  What is the hardware you are booting via PXE/kickstart (CPU, 32/64 bit, mem)?
-  Are you booting this system to be kickstarted as a virtual machine or as the
   physical box itself?
-  Can you get a second physically different system to successfully boot via
   kickstart for Fedora 8?
-  What else can you describe of the physical network that might have any bearing
   on this problem?
-  What specifically is the condition you are seeing that ends the kickstart?
   What error message(s) do you see on the console?  What is the gist of the
   output in VC3 and VC4?

>From my own experience I suggest you re-validate your DHCP, DNS, tftp and PXEboot
configuration.  Maybe have a second person independently verify it for you.  I
have done just that myself.

In my current/on-going problem set, my kickstart server is Fedora 7 and updated
nearly daily with patches (I might miss a day here and there).  I'm building a
number of virtual machines on both a Dell XPS 32 bit laptop and also have a Mac
Pro (64 bit with dual quad-cores, 4GB ram) running Win XP 64 bit.  Both have
VMware workstation 6.02 installed.  I'm encountering zero problems with any OS
build via kickstart to the Dell laptop. I'm encountering zero problems manually
building any OS within VMs on the Mac Pro.  Finally, I'm getting zero success
once reaching the NFS mount on the RedHat VMs being built on the Mac.  I'm nearly
stymied with no clue what to do for help myself.

Hopefully these questions will be beneficial to getting your problem resolved.

R,
-Joe Wulf, CISSP, USN(RET)
 Senior IA Engineer
 ProSync Technology Group, LLC
 www.prosync.com

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Dario Lesca
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 06:28
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Subject: [Fwd: f8: install via PXE/NFS problem (mount)]

------- Messaggio inoltrato -------
Da: Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it>
Rispondi-a: For users of Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
A: Fedora Project List <fedora-list at redhat.com>
CC: Fedora Devel <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
Oggetto: f8: install via PXE/NFS problem (mount)
Data: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:24:03 +0100

Hi, I have a PXE/NFS systems for install Fedora from fc1 to f7.
All work fine.
Today I have add also f8 in this system but I having problems with mount
via NFS.

kickstart.cfg file is load via nfs
(ks=nfs:pxesetup:/u/kickstart/ks-8.cfg)
and the source files are in pxesetup:/u/f8

The process start correctly, mount an load ks-8.cfg, mount source dir
but when anaconda trying remount kickstart file got an error and the
setup process stop.
I have switch to CTRL+ALT+F2 and I have trying mount some other dir:

mount -t nfs pxesetup:/u/f7 /tmp/f7

but the mount command fail with timeout ... 

Some problema I have get when I have trying add to my PXE system setup
last f7respin ...

Probably is a kernel-2.6.23 problem or new-NFS problem ?....

Someone can help me?

Many thanks.

-- 
Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it>

-- 
Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it>

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