ks file not found via dhcp

[Iain Morrison]

Hi Vratislav,
  this was done using 6.0 but we get the same result using 6.1


09:24:29,540 INFO    : kernel command line: initrd=initrd.img ks
ksdevice=eth2 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz

09:24:29,540 DEBUG   : readNetInfo /tmp/s390net not found, early return
09:24:29,540 INFO    : anaconda version 13.21.117 on x86_64 starting
09:24:29,546 INFO    : 4055732 kB are available
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module iscsi_ibft
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module iscsi_boot_sysfs
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module pcspkr
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module edd
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module mlx4_ib
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module mlx4_en
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module mlx4_core
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ib_ipoib
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ib_cm
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ib_sa
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ib_mad
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ib_core
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module ipv6
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module iscsi_tcp
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module libiscsi_tcp
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module libiscsi
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module scsi_transport_iscsi
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module squashfs
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : Saving module cramfs
09:24:32,736 DEBUG   : probing buses
09:24:32,762 DEBUG   : waiting for hardware to initialize
09:24:36,480 INFO    : Trying to detect vendor driver discs
09:24:36,780 DEBUG   : probing buses
09:24:36,802 DEBUG   : waiting for hardware to initialize
09:24:38,277 INFO    : getting kickstart file
09:24:38,293 INFO    : doing kickstart... setting it up
09:24:38,293 DEBUG   : activating device eth2
09:24:45,305 INFO    : wait_for_iface_activation (2274): device eth2
activated
09:24:45,317 ERROR   : no bootserver was found

  - We entered the ks location here as it could not find it
automatically

09:55:18,989 INFO    : url is A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart
09:55:18,989 DEBUG   : parseNfsHostPathOpts url:
|A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart|
09:55:18,989 DEBUG   : parseNfsHostPathOpts host: |A.B.C.D|
09:55:18,989 DEBUG   : parseNfsHostPathOpts path:
|/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart|
09:55:18,989 DEBUG   : parseNfsHostPathOpts opts: |(null)|
09:55:18,989 INFO    : file location:
nfs:A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart
09:55:19,158 DEBUG   : marking first kickstart network command
09:55:19,158 INFO    : setting up kickstart
09:55:19,158 INFO    : kickstartFromNfs
09:55:19,158 INFO    : results of nfs, host is A.B.C.D, dir is
/export/n_os/RHEL/Server/6.0, opts are '(null)'
09:55:19,158 INFO    : kickstart network command - device eth2
09:55:19,158 INFO    : activating first device from kickstart because
network is needed
09:55:19,169 INFO    : device eth2 is already activated
09:55:19,169 INFO    : disconnecting device eth2
09:55:21,178 INFO    : wait_for_iface_disconnection (2351): device eth2
disconnected

Any suggestions/pointers welcome.

thanks

iain


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Iain Morrison
IT Manager
MRC Epidemiology Unit
Institute of Metabolic Science
Box 285
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Tel 01223 769200 

-----Original Message-----
From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Vratislav
Podzimek
Sent: 15 August 2011 09:08
To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: ks file not found via dhcp

Hi Iain,
there should be some error message in /tmp/anaconda.log. Could you
please post it here?

Vratislav Podzimek


On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 17:54 +0100, Iain Morrison wrote:
> Hi
> 
> We have a RHEL 4 dhcp server that points to a ks location on an Oracle
> filer. This works with 4 and 5 but with 6 anaconda can't find the ks
> file unless the path is added explicitly, e.g.
> ks=nfs:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:/export/n_os/ks/eee.fff.ggg.hhh-kickstart for a
> machine with IP eee.fff.ggg.hhh
> 
> In our dhcpd.conf file we have
> 
>         filename "/export/n_os/ks/";
>         next-server aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd;
> 
> where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is our Oracle filer.
> 
> Has anything changed in how the ks file is found?
> 
> thanks
> 
> iain
> 
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> 
> Iain Morrison
> IT Manager
> MRC Epidemiology Unit
> Institute of Metabolic Science
> Box 285
> Addenbrooke's Hospital
> Hills Road
> Cambridge
> CB2 0QQ
> Tel 01223 769200
> 
> 
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