Unable to get any http requests:Unable to retreive netstg2.img file

[Mike Jennings]

Is the apache log showing any 404 errors? My stupid screwups  are  
always shown in the error log when I typo something.

Mike



On May 15, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Mukarram Syed wrote:

>
> Colin,
> I changed it from ksdevice=eth0 to ksdevice=link
>
> Sorry, that didn't help.
>
> Wonder what else could it be, why is it not connecting to the http  
> server?
> I don't see any traffic in tcpdump after pxeboot.
>
> -Mukarram.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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 5:56 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests:Unabletoretreive
> netstg2.imgfile
>
>
> Try changing 'ksdevice=eth0' to 'ksdevice=link'.  With 2.6 kernels,  
> the
> kernel's idea of what eth0 and eth1 are often differs from the BIOS/ 
> PXE
> stack.
>
> CC
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mukarram Syed
>> Sent: Wednesday, 16 May 2007 8:42 AM
>> To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart'
>> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests:
>> Unabletoretreive netstg2.imgfile
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> [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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes.  It does have.  It's a Dell PE2950.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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...
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Mukarram.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   _____
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does the machine you're on have multiple Ethernet
>> interfaces?  If so,
>>> what you may find is adding 'ksdevice=link' will assist.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   _____
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Still no luck. It goes straight to the cd installer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd appreciate some help in this regard.
>>>
>>> I've spent all day trying to troubleshoot this but no luck.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Much
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mukarram Syed
>>>
>>> Unix Systems Administrator,
>>>
>>> Stanford University.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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