Redhat-install-list Digest, Vol 25, Issue 12

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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 redhat-install-list-request at redhat.com wrote :
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>    1. kickstart install/ RHEL 4 update 2/ IBM Blade Center (Marc M)
>    2. Re: kermit configuration file (Bob Kinney)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:43:09 -0500
> From: "Marc M" <linuxr at gmail.com>
>Subject: kickstart install/ RHEL 4 update 2/ IBM Blade Center
>To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux"
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>Cc: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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>Hello,
>
>I am setting up a kickstart installation on an IBM blade server with RHEL 4
>update 2.  There is a management server with a web interface that allows me
>to restart blades, etc.  The management server is also the DHCP server and
>they are all on 192 addresses.  The repository is on the management server
>and there is a /tftpboot directory.
>
>I am still having trouble with the services somewhere.  When it boots up to
>(blade 1 for example), I get messages saying that it is looking for
>DHCP....then an ARP timeout.  It does display the MAC address so the client
>and server do connect.  I am pretty sure the PXE part is set up right as
>well.
>
>I am not sure how to make ARP and/or TFTP not time out.  Is TFTP too wimpy
>to use for this?  Should I be using ftp or http instead?  I have tried via
>http and also via ftp and both times they have failed because I don't quite
>get it to find the right information.
>
>Someone else set up the NFS mount and suppossedly that is working.  I have
>tried starting and stopping various services when it connects, since it
>fails consistently anyway.  I don't know a lick about NFS, so I don't know
>how to check it or anything.  I didn't change anything to do with NFS so it
>should still be working.
>
>Apparrently the system is set to use a /var/www/html/blade.cfg file rather
>than a ks.cfg file.  I am very sure the file entries are ok, since I have
>looked at it a thousand times.
>
>1.  I am not too familiar with arp; basically I know that there is arp and
>reverse arp and one of them has to do with getting ip addresses from known
>hostnames and the other deals with the oppossite.  I have seen the arp -a
>command but I am not really sure what that does.
>
>2.  When I go into the GNOME desktop under something like System Tools ->
>whatever -> 'Network Boot', and I click on a blade (1 for example) - I get a
>box that is pointing to the (correct) ip address/blade.cfg.  Before you tell
>me to change it to /var/www/html/blade.cfg, I can tell you that the installs
>die regardless of what is in that gui box.  Hence the suspicion of some sort
>of network services interfering.
>
>3.  Can anyone just tell me any services that I absolutely MUST have running
>and of course any that are definitely a problem?  That alone would be a
>great place to continue from.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Marc
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:51:57 -0800 (PST)
> From: Bob Kinney <bc98kinney at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: kermit configuration file
>To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
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> > On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 15:46 -0800, Bob Kinney wrote:
> > > I've searched high and low for an answer to this; hopefully somebody here
> > can
> > > help.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to get kermit to read two commands from a .mykermrc file in my
> > home
> > > directory:
> > >
> > > SET LINE /dev/ttyS0
> > > SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF
> > >
> > > I also have an identical .kermrc.
> > >
> > > For some reason, the SET LINE command does not work.
> > >
> > > [bob at micron ~]$ kermit
> > > /var/lock
> > > C-Kermit 8.0.209, 17 Mar 2003, for Red Hat Linux 8.0
> > >  Copyright (C) 1985, 2003,
> > >   Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
> > > Type ? or HELP for help.
> > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show file
> > >
> > >  Transfer mode:           automatic
> > >  File patterns:           automatic (SHOW PATTERNS for list)
> > >  File scan:               on 49152
> > >  Default file type:       binary
> > >  File names:              converted
> > >  Send pathnames:          off
> > >  Receive pathnames:       auto
> > >  Match dot files:         no
> > >  Wildcard-expansion:      kermit
> > >  File collision:          backup
> > >  File destination:        disk
> > >  File incomplete:         auto
> > >  File bytesize:           8
> > >  File character-set:      ascii
> > >  File default 7-bit:      ascii
> > >  File default 8-bit:      latin1-iso
> > >  File UCS bom:            on
> > >  File UCS byte-order:     little-endian
> > >  Computer byteorder:      little-endian
> > >  File end-of-line:        lf
> > >  File eof:                length
> > >  File download-directory: (none)
> > >  Send move-to:            (none)
> > >  Send rename-to:          (none)
> > >  Receive move-to:         (none)
> > >  Receive rename-to:       (none)
> > >  Initialization file:     /home/bob/.kermrc
> > >  Root set:                (none)
> > >  Disk output buffer:      32768 (writes are buffered, blocking)
> > >  Stringspace:             500000
> > >  Listsize:                102400
> > >  Longest filename:        255
> > >  Longest pathname:        4096
> > >  Last file sent:          (none)
> > >  Last file received:      (none)
> > >
> > >  Also see:
> > >  SHOW PROTOCOL, SHOW XFER, SHOW PATTERNS, SHOW STREAMING, SHOW
> > CHARACTER-SETS
> > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show comm
> > >
> > > Communications Parameters:
> > >  Line: /dev/tty, speed: unknown, mode: remote, modem: generic
> > >  Parity: none, duplex: full, flow: none, handshake: none
> > >  Carrier-watch: off, close-on-disconnect: off
> > >  Lockfile directory: /var/lock
> > >  Typical port device name: /dev/ttyS0
> > >
> > > Modem signals unavailable
> > >
> > > Type SHOW DIAL to see DIAL-related items.
> > > Type SHOW MODEM to see modem-related items.
> > >
> > > (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>
> > >
> > >
> > > If I rename .kermrc to hide it, the CARRIER-WATCH line changes to the
> > > system default of "auto".
> > >
> > >
> > > Using FC3 on kernel 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any advice?
> >
> > First, swap the "SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF" and the "SET LINE /dev/ttyS0"
> > lines.  You have to turn off carrier watch before swapping to a line
> > without carrier.
> >
>
>Thanks for the advice Rick.  I tried it, without success.  This seems to
>be something that broke between RH9 and FC3 distros.  I had it working on
>RH9, but I did FC3 as a fresh install.
>
>Seems to me that a *lot* of stuff broke between those releases:
>Installer (anaconda drive geometry problems)
>Sound
>man page database not created
>etc.
>
>
>
>
>[bob at micron ~]$ cat .kermrc
>
>SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF
>SET LINE /dev/ttyS0
>
>
>
>[bob at micron ~]$ kermit
>/var/lock
>C-Kermit 8.0.209, 17 Mar 2003, for Red Hat Linux 8.0
>  Copyright (C) 1985, 2003,
>   Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
>Type ? or HELP for help.
>(/home/bob/) C-Kermit>connect
>Sorry, you must SET LINE or SET HOST first
>(/home/bob/) C-Kermit>quit
>[bob at micron ~]$
>
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