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

Mukarram Syed muksyed at stanford.edu
Wed May 16 17:04:46 UTC 2007


I did what Kennedy suggested.  Thanks much.

Connected the KVM and did the Alt-F commands.

What I found is this:

 

"

...

...

getting kickstart file

looking for first netDev with link

eth0 has link, using it

doing kickstart...setting it up

waiting for link...

4 seconds

no DNS servers, can't look up hostname

ks location: http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg

transferring http://171.67.39.130//./ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg
<http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg>  to a fd

failed to retrieve http://171.67.39.130///ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg
<http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg> 

trying to mount CD device hda

"

As I said before, I could retrieve all the above http links from another
system on the same subnet as my kickstart install server and the client.

 

After which I modified my default file to the following:

 

label 1 

  kernel ENT_LINUX_64/vmlinuz

  append nofb initrd=ENT_LINUX_64/initrd.img ramdisk_size=10000 lang=
devfs=nomount ramdisk_size=9216 ksdevice=link ip=171.67.39.139
netmask=255.255.255.224 gateway=171.67.39.129 dns=171.64.7.77
ks=http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg

 

I put the dns= entry in there.

 

The I get the following:

 

"

...

Adding 171.64.7.77

dnsserver is 171.64.7.77

doing kickstart...setting it up

waiting for link

4 seconds

reverse name lookup failed

ks location: http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg

transferring http://171.67.39.130//./ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg to a fd

failed to retrieve http://171.67.39.130///ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/ks.cfg

trying to mount CD device had

"

 

Here is the network information from my ks.cfg file:

 

#Network information

network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=171.67.39.130
--netmask=255.255.255.224 --gateway=171.67.39.129 --nameserver=171.64.7.77
--hostname=as-kickball.stanford.edu

 

The hostname is invalid.  It’s a bogus name.  I’ll try to make it a valid
name and check it out.

Should there be a hostname in the default file as well since I am using
static IP?

 

I think I am getting close here.  Something else is missing for the reverse
lookup to work.

Suggestions would be helpful at this point.

 

 

Thanks

 

-Mukarram.

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mukarram Syed [mailto:muksyed at stanford.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:00 AM
To: 'Discussion list about Kickstart'
Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests:Unable toretreive
netstg2.imgfile

 

I tried Alt+f1, Alt+f2 etc. no effect.

I am doing all this from the cyclades console.

I might have to go in front of the box and try it out, which I should be
doing in a few hours.

 

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

-Mukarram.

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of KENNEDY VAN DAM Eric

Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:46 AM

To: Discussion list about Kickstart

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

 

 

 

> -----Message d'origine-----

> De : kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com 

> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] De la part de Mukarram Syed

> Envoyé : mercredi 16 mai 2007 10:39

> À : 'Discussion list about Kickstart'

> Objet : RE: Unable to get any http requests:Unable to 

> retreive netstg2.imgfile

> 

> Nope. Nothing in the error logs.

> 

> In my troubleshooting, this is what I've found...

> 

> When I remove the ks=http://<ServerIP>/<PATH>/ks.cfg from my 

> "default" file

> Client PXE boots, shows menu and loads vmlinuz/initrd.

> Then it shows up the Language selection.  No luck.

> However, when I change my default file to read: ks=/<PATH>/ks.cfg,

> Client PXE boots, shows menu and loads vmlinuz/initrd.

> Then it gives the error "Error opening kickstart file (null): 

> Bad address"

> I do some more research (see link below)

> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2004-06/5939.html

> and modified the ks.cfg file...add more network parameters like so:

> network --device=eth0 --bootproto=static --ip=171.67.39.139

> --netmask=255.255.255.224 --gateway=171.67.39.129 

> --nameserver=171.64.7.77

> --hostname=as-test.stanford.edu

> Still no luck.

> I then changed my --device=eth0 to --device=link and then to

> --device=eth1...still no luck.  Then put it back to --device=eth0.

> Then I change my PATH from:

> url --url http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise

> to

> url --url http://171.67.39.130/ENT_LINUX_64

> Still no luck.

> Again nothing in the http logs.

> 

> It looks like the installer is reading the ks.cfg file 

> silently since it

> complained that it couldn't find it from the default file 

> when I didn't

> specify the http://<servername>.  

> Can I figure out what is reading and stopping.  Is there a 

> way to look at

> the kickstart logs (If there is any...I haven't seen one).

> 

> I tried to create logging as well in my ks.cfg file...no 

> luck...no output:

> %pre --log=/tmp/my-pre-log

> echo 'Hello, World!'

 

Sorry if the suggestion has already been made.

 

Did you try to go to the other consoles ? There is a lot of information
there which can help to debu your problem.

 

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