Unable to get any http requests: Unable toretreive netstg2.imgfile

[Mukarram Syed]

John,
Sorry...just to make things clear.
eth0 works to get the dhcp/tftp request and eth1 does not.  However, I tried
using both is what I meant.

We have a problem with dhcp, the networking folks here did not enable
"spanning tree" on the switch ports, until that happens I am using static
ip.   I double checked the syntax etc. 

Thanks
-Mukarram.

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[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Summerfield
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:32 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Unable to get any http requests: Unable toretreive
netstg2.imgfile

Mukarram Syed wrote:
> Thanks Colin for the quick response 
> 
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> 
> Yes.  It does have.  It's a Dell PE2950.
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> I have already tried that option as well.  
> 
> I tried both ksdevice=eth0 and ksdevice=eth1 and they don't work.
> 

If you can connect all network interfaces, that might help, because it 
then doesn't matter whether either one or both is used.

If you run arpwatch that will report on which interfaces are used (by 
mac address and IP).

More below...

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> -Mukarram.
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> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Coe, Colin C.
(Unix
> Engineer)
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:52 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests: Unable to retreive
> netstg2.imgfile
> 
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> Does the machine you're on have multiple Ethernet interfaces?  If so, what
> you may find is adding 'ksdevice=link' will assist.
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> CC
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> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mukarram Syed
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 7:50 AM
> To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Unable to get any http requests: Unable to retreive netstg2.img
> file
> 
> Hi 
> 
> I am sure there is some information regarding my request, but I am unable
to
> find it, hence the post.
> 
>  
> 
> I configured my kickstart server using http.
> 
> I am able to pxeboot the client, but my client is not able to get the
> netstg2.img file from the server.
> 
> I am able to http into my netstg2.img directory from a web browser from
> another server in the same subnet successfully.
> 
>  
> 
> Also I tried to put in a boot cdrom and run the following:
> 
> Linux ks=http://<ServerIP>/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg ip=<ClientIP>
> netmask=255.255.255.224 gateway=<GatewayIP>


I have never used static IP for ks, I alway configure everything I can 
with dhcp. However, I do know that that's not the format the kernel 
expects for the ip parameter. Check your documentation, if I were 
writing a script tp parse ip= then I'd conform to the existing standards 
(that is, the way the kernel expects it), and that's what works with Ubuntu.



> 
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> Still no luck. It goes straight to the cd installer.
> 
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> 
> I tried to tcpdump the traffic on the MAC address of the client, it
outputs
> the tftp information and after that it stops.
> 
> I don't see any http traffic coming from the client.

That's fairly consistent with you specifying ip= incorrectly.

btw, if you're using PXE, the why are you trying to spectify static IP info?

btw, as I recall, pxelinux has an option to pass on the IP address info 
it gets in the proper format for the kernel to parse.


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> I'd appreciate some help in this regard.  
> 
> I've spent all day trying to troubleshoot this but no luck.
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> Thanks Much
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> 
> Mukarram Syed
> 
> Unix Systems Administrator, 
> 
> Stanford University.
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