Unable to get any httprequests:Unable toretrieve netstg2.imgfile

Wed May 16 23:15:43 UTC 2007

What do your HTTPD logs look like?  Do you see a GET for your ks.cfg in
(assuming Apache HTTPD) access_log?  Do you see any errors in error_log?

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	From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
SSTinsley at upsfreight.com
	Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2007 5:19 AM
	To: Discussion list about Kickstart
	Subject: RE: Unable to get any httprequests:Unable toretrieve
netstg2.imgfile

	I finally gave up and copied my ks.cfg to a CDROM and changed my
pxelinux.cfg to load the KS cfg file from CD the drive. Anaconda could
read the ks.cfg. The ks.cfg file pointed to a RedHat release image on an
NFS server. However, Anaconda said it could not read the NFS release and
displayed a screen to input the corrected NFS image information. The
defaults from the KS cfg file where displayed as defaults. I entered
nothing different and hit OK. Anaconda was able to now mount the RHEL
image using the same information as was specified in the KS cfg file. I
think Anaconda has a few bugs in handling network interfaces and
protocols. I would love to figure out a fix, but I got to get some
servers installed. 

	I'll keep and eye out for your posts to see if you have any
better luck. I still have not heard back from Redhat. So much for paid
support. 

	Get me back on Solaris!! 

	kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote on 05/16/2007 11:03:13
AM:

	> I feel your pain.
	> I'll let you know if I find anything.
	> Thanks
	> 
	> -Mukarram.
	> 
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
	> [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
	> SSTinsley at upsfreight.com
	> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 6:00 AM
	> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
	> Subject: RE: Unable to get any http requests:Unable toretrieve
	> netstg2.imgfile
	> 
	> 
	> I have been fighting almost the identical problem. See the
thread entitled 
	> 
	> "Re: Kickstart via PXE/NFS" 
	> 
	> After the kernel is loaded via configuration set up in the
pxelinux config
	> file, the 
	> network will not come up and the ks.cfg file can then not be
loaded. I get
	> the 
	> network config screen asking to use DHCP or to enter static
info for setup
	> of eth0. It 
	> has really bee frustrating. I finally just placed my ks.cfg on
CDROM and was
	> able 
	> to get the rest of the PXE auto install to complete. 
	> 
	> If you get a resolution, I will be very interested. I have had
a case open
	> with 
	> RedHat for 2 days waiting for a response. 
	> 
	> kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com wrote on 05/16/2007 04:38:30
AM:
	> 
	> > 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!'
	> > 
	> > Here is my directory/file setup:
	> > 
	> > TFTP:
	> > 
	> > /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg
	> > [root at as-kickball pxelinux.cfg]# ls
	> > default  pxeos.xml
	> > 
	> > [root at as-kickball linux-install]# ls -lR
	> > .:
	> > total 32
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May 14 00:31 ENT_LINUX_32
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May 16 00:30 ENT_LINUX_64
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May 14 21:09 msgs
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 12952 Oct 24  2006 pxelinux.0
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May 16 00:25 pxelinux.cfg
	> > 
	> > ./ENT_LINUX_32:
	> > total 0
	> > 
	> > ./ENT_LINUX_64:
	> > total 5984
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 4310479 May 14 15:29 initrd.img
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root      85 May 16 00:30 ks.cfg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1792835 May 14 15:29 vmlinuz
	> > 
	> > ./msgs:
	> > total 24
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 534 May 14 21:00 boot.msg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 668 Oct 24  2006 expert.msg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 871 Oct 24  2006 general.msg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 860 Oct 24  2006 param.msg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 530 Oct 24  2006 rescue.msg
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 545 Oct 24  2006 snake.msg
	> > 
	> > ./pxelinux.cfg:
	> > total 20
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 511 May 16 00:25 default
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 511 May 15 23:34 default.bak
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 461 May 15 14:44 default.dhcp
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 573 May 15 13:30 default.staticIP
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  42 May 14 16:28 pxeos.xml
	> > 
	> > My HTTP directory:
	> > 
	> > [root at as-kickball /]# ls -lart /var/www/html
	> > total 24
	> > drwxr-xr-x  8 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:17 ..
	> > drwxr-xr-x  4 root root 4096 May 14 00:35 .
	> > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 May 14 00:40 ENT_LINUX_32
	> > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 May 15 15:49 ENT_LINUX_64
	> > 
	> > [root at as-kickball /]# ls -lart
/var/www/html/ENT_LINUX_64/Enterprise/
	> > total 136
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 114688 Feb 24 13:15 RPMS
	> > drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 May 14 15:53 base
	> > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   1386 May 15 15:05
ks_ent_linux_64.cfg
	> > drwxr-xr-x  3 root root   4096 May 15 15:49 ..
	> > -rw-r--r--  1 root root   1242 May 16 01:08 ks.cfg
	> > drwxr-xr-x  4 root root   4096 May 16 01:08 .
	> > 
	> > I am at a loss now.  I am sure it's something simple as it
mostly is.
	> > Help is appreciated.
	> > 
	> > Tomorrow, I'll tell my networking guy to enable "spanning
tree" so I could
	> > use dhcp and get the static crap out of my way.
	> > Will let you know more.
	> > 
	> > -Mukarram.
	> > 
	> > 
	> > -----Original Message-----
	> > From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
	> > [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Jennings
	> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:47 PM
	> > To: Discussion list about Kickstart
	> > Subject: Re: Unable to get any http requests:Unable to
retreive
	> > netstg2.imgfile
	> > 
	> > 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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