Kickstart problem
Broekman, Maarten
Maarten.Broekman at FMR.COM
Mon Jan 12 18:59:35 UTC 2009
> -----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 1:26 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Kickstart problem
>
> Hello Broekman:
>
> I'm serving dhcp requests on eth1. The client host is getting its
> connection from eth0. I can see from tcpdump and syslog
> that the client is
> getting a ipaddress from dhcpd. I switched the cables from
> the client and
> the the client boots from harddrive. My nfs setup is as follows.
>
> */etc/exports*
> /opt/apps *(ro,async)
>
>
> *Output from showmount command*
>
> [etaylor at hellraiser ~]$ showmount -a
> All mount points on hellraiser:
> 192.168.0.130:/apps/install
> 192.168.0.130:/opt/apps/install
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Broekman, Maarten
> <Maarten.Broekman at fmr.com
> > wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----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
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Ezra Taylor
> > > > >> --
> > > > > --
> > > > > Ezra Taylor
> > > > --
> > > --
> > > Ezra Taylor
> > >
> >
> > 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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Are all the options in your append line correct? The "Error getting
kickstart file" means that it can't find the ks.cfg in the path you
specified (/opt/apps/install/centos/5-2/i386/ks/ks.cfg). If that is the
correct location, one of your ethtool options may need to be adjusted
(are you really connected to a network that requires 100Mb _half_
duplex?)
Do you get any other messages on the alternate consoles (Alt-F2, Alt-F3,
Alt-F4) that indicate a problem (possibly a link error)?
Just trying to figure out all the potential problems.
--Maarten
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