Kickstart problem
Broekman, Maarten
Maarten.Broekman at FMR.COM
Mon Jan 12 18:16:56 UTC 2009
See below...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ezra Taylor
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:10 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Kickstart problem
>
> Hello all:
> I followed all of your suggestions and
> I'm still not able
> to download the kickstart file. Just to let you know, while
> receiving the
> above messages, the keyboard is disabled. I'm not even able
> to modify the
> the line that shows the the location of the ks.cfg file.
> Also, I tried
> downloading the file using http. Using http still produces the error
> message "Error downloading kickstart file". I'm starting to
> think this is a
> network issue.
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Ahmed Sharif
> <ahmed.sharif.bd at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Ezra Taylor,
> >
> > Check the file permission of ks.cfg. Most probably you have already
> > did that, but it came to my mind first. You should also run the
> > "ksvalidator" command each time you modify the kickstart file. The
> > syntax is,
> >
> > #ksvalidator <kickstart-file-name>
> >
> > Please inform us about your result.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> >
> > Ahmed Sharif
> >
> >
> > On 1/9/09, chaim.rieger at gmail.com <chaim.rieger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Try removing all white lines in ks.cfg
> > >
> > > Other than that nothing jumped out at me, will look some
> more though
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: "Ezra Taylor" <ezra.taylor at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:19:40
> > > To: <chaim.rieger at gmail.com>; General Red Hat Linux discussion
> > > list<redhat-list at redhat.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Kickstart problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for your quick response.
> > > *
> > >
> > > ks.cfg*
> > >
> > > text
> > > install
> > >
> > > nfs --server=192.168.0.2 --dir=/opt/apps/install/centos/5-2/i386
> > >
> > > lang en_US.UTF-8
> > > keyboard us
> > > mouse none
> > > timezone America/New_York
> > > rootpw --iscrypted $1$UD.SyMgz$PFb6a0vs2lCJxWWtEO.sE1
> > > network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --noipv6
> > >
> > > firewall --disabled
> > > selinux --disabled
> > > authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
> > >
> > > bootloader --location=mbr
> > > clearpart --all
> > > zerombr yes
> > >
> > > part /boot --fstype ext3 --asprimary --size 500
> > > part swap --fstype swap --asprimary --size 2048
> > > part / --fstype reiserfs --asprimary --size 4096 --grow
> > >
> > > skipx
> > >
> > > %packages
> > > @base
> > > @development-libs
> > > @editors
> > >
> >
> _____________________________________________________________
> __________________
> > >
> > >
> > > /tftpboot/boot/pxelinux.cfg/default
> > >
> > > default a
> > > timeout 500
> > > prompt 1
> > > display pxelinux.msg
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > label a #Centos 5.2 - 32 bit(reiserfs)
> > > kernel vmlinuz-centos-5.2-32bit
> > > append text ksdevice=eth0
> eth0_ethtool="autoneg=off speed=100
> > > duplex=half" console=tty0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=8192
> > > initrd=initrd.img ks=nfs:192.168.0.2:
> > > /opt/apps/install/centos/5-2/i386/ks/ks.cfg
> > >
> > >
> >
> _____________________________________________________________
> _____________________________________________________________
> ___________
> > >
> > > */etc/exports*
> > >
> > > /opt/apps/install *(ro,no_root_squash)
> > >
> > >
> >
> _____________________________________________________________
> ____________________________________________
> > >
> > > */etc/dhcpd.conf*
> > >
> > >
> > > ddns-update-style interim;
> > > next-server 192.168.0.2;
> > >
> > > subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> > > # option routers 192.168.0.1;
> > > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> > > option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255;
> > > range 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.130;
> > > default-lease-time 51000;
> > > max-lease-time 51000;
> > > filename "/boot/pxelinux.0";
> > > allow booting;
> > > allow bootp;
> > >
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:47 PM, <chaim.rieger at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Please post ks.cfg
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: "Ezra Taylor" <ezra.taylor at gmail.com>
> > >>
> > >> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 21:42:37
> > >> To: <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> > >> Subject: Kickstart problem
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hello all:
> > >>
> > >> I'm getting the error below when trying
> to kickstart my
> > >> box. The kickstart server is running RHEL 5.2 and the
> client is 5.2.
> > >> Any
> > >> suggestions?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Error downloading kickstart file
> > >>
> > >>
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Several questions:
- Are you sure that the OS is seeing eth0 as the interface you
expect? I know that on RHEL4 and RHEL5 certain hardware is probed PCI
slots first and then motherboard so the first onboard interface is
something other than eth0.
- Can you see the server connecting to the dhcp server to get
it's network information?
- Are the NFS exports set up correctly to allow your server to
mount and read the directory?
Maarten Broekman
Email: maarten.broekman at fmr.com
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