Unable to get any http requests: Unabletoretreive netstg2.imgfile

Wed May 16 23:15:34 UTC 2007

Hi John,

Anaconda depends on DHCP even if you use static IPs.

I have made some progress on this...

I have posted this on the group but here it is for you anyways (it's rather
long):

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 to a fd

failed to retrieve 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: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Summerfield
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 4:06 PM
To: Discussion list about Kickstart
Subject: Re: Unable to get any http requests: Unabletoretreive
netstg2.imgfile

muksyed at stanford.edu wrote:

> Quoting John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org>:

> 

>> Mukarram Syed wrote:

>>> 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.

>> 

>> I don't understand... pxelinux works and can load the kernel/initrd,

>> and the kernel/initrd doesn't work. Is that what you said?

> 

> Sorry for the confusion John.

> 

> pxelinux works and it loads the vmlinuz and initrd.

> 

> 

>> 

>> How does the BIOS know to load pxelinux, and where to get it? Doesn't

>> that require dhcp (or at least bootp)?

>> 

>> How does pxelinux get its menus and then the kernel? Doesn't that

>> require dhcp (or at least bootp) too?

>> 

>> And then the kernel/initrd can't get the IP address the same way. Have

>> I got the facts straight?

>> 

> 

> Actually I have dhcpd configured for static IP address.  Not for a range 

> of IP addresses to pick from.  dhcpd is running.  After PXE loads up the 

> kernel, I think the installer anaconda uses dhcp to again look for the 

> ks.cfg file.  This is after the menu.  That's the part which does not 

> work.  That's why I put in the static IP's in my default file under 

> label 1.  Putting the static IP's don't work as well.

> 

What I don't understand is how the BIOS and pxelinux can both get an IP 

address, and Anaconda can't.

Have you tried using IPAPPEND instead of ip= on the kernel parameters. 

Read syslinux.doc for clarification.

-- 

Cheers

John

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