I'm trying to set up a kickstart server on my home network. I can't get network booting working. DHCPD and tftp are working, but the tftp request on the client is timing out with:
PXE-E32 TFTP open timeout
I've googled the heck out of this issue and can't find a fix. I was hoping someone here could help me out.
My dhcpd.conf file:
#
# DHCP Server Configuration file.
# see /usr/share/doc/dhcp*/dhcpd.conf.example
# see dhcpd.conf(5) man page
#
option space pxelinux;
option pxelinux.magic code 208 = string;
option pxelinux.configfile code 209 = text;
option pxelinux.pathprefix code 210 = text;
option pxelinux.reboottime code 211 = unsigned integer 32;
allow booting;
allow bootp;
class "pxeclients" {
match if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient";
next-server 192.168.10.90;
filename "pxelinux.0";
}
subnet 192.168.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
option domain-name "larsenhaus.org";
option domain-search "larsenhaus.org";
option domain-name-servers 192.168.10.60,192.168.10.90;
option routers 192.168.10.10;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.10.100 192.168.10.200;
default-lease-time 3600;
max-lease-time 4800;
}
My xinetd tftp file:
# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer \
# protocol. The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \
# workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \
# and to start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
#server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args = -s /tftpboot/pxelinux -v
disable = no
per_source = 11
cps = 100 2
flags = IPv4
}
The contents of /tftpboot:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# ls
cat.c32 disk.c32 gpxelinux.0 install lua.c32 pcitest.c32 pxelinux.0 ver.com
chain.c32 dmitest.c32 hdt.c32 int18.com mboot.c32 pmload.c32 reboot.c32 vesainfo.c32
cmd.c32 elf.c32 host.c32 kbdmap.c32 memdisk poweroff.com rosh.c32 vesamenu.c32
config.c32 ethersel.c32 ifcpu64.c32 ks-cfg memdump.com pwd.c32 sanboot.c32 vpdtest.c32
cpuid.c32 gfxboot.c32 ifcpu.c32 linux.c32 meminfo.c32 pxechain.com sdi.c32 whichsys.c32
cpuidtest.c32 gpxecmd.c32 ifplop.c32 ls.c32 menu.c32 pxelinux sysdump.c32 zzjson.c32
The contents of /tftpboot/install/fedora19:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# ls install/fedora-19/
Fedora-19-i386-netinst.iso
The contents of /tftpboot/ks-cfg:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# ls ks-cfg
netbook-ks.cfg
The contents of /tftpboot/pxelinux:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# ls pxelinux
initrd.img pxelinux.0 pxelinux.cfg vesamenu.c32 vmlinuz
The contents of /tftpboot/pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# ls pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/
default
The contents of the default file:
[root@kickstart tftpboot]# cat pxelinux/pxelinux.cfg/default
default vesamenu.c32
prompt 1
timeout 600
display boot.msg
label linux
menu label ^Install a new system
menu default
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img repo=nfsiso::kickstart.larsenahus.org:/tftpboot/install/fedora-19
ks=nfs:192.168.10.90:/tftpboot/ks-cfg/netbook-ks.cfg
label vesa
menu label Install system with ^basic video driver
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img xdriver=vesa nomodeset repo=nfsiso::kickstart.larsenahus.org:/tftpboot/install/fedora-19
label memtest86
menu label ^Memory test
kernel memtest
append -
My exports:
[root@kickstart ~]# exportfs
/tftpboot/install/fedora-19
<world>
Perms on /tftpboot and subdirs are currently 777, everything owned by root.
The netbook acquires an IP address from DHCP and begins the tftp request, but times out as described above. tcpdump shows the client connecting to the tftp server:
[root@localhost ~]# tcpdump port 69 -v -i em1
tcpdump: listening on em1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
19:41:53.028845 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 2, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 55)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.ah-esp-encap > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 27 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0
19:41:55.027661 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 3, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 55)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.acp-port > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 27 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0
19:41:59.037376 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 4, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 55)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.msync > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 27 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0
19:42:05.024477 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 5, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 55)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.gxs-data-port > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 27 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0
19:42:12.988945 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 6, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 55)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.vrtl-vmf-sa > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 27 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet tsize 0
19:42:22.932113 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 20, id 7, offset 0, flags [none], proto UDP (17), length 60)
dhcp-101.larsenhaus.org.newlixengine > kickstart.larsenhaus.org.tftp: 32 RRQ "pxelinux.0" octet blksize 1456
But no boot.
During my research I saw a post somewhere that talked about tftp having issues with some RealTek network cards. The kickstart server is running a controller with the RTL8101E/RTL8102E chipset. The poster said he fixed his problem by setting the tftp block size explicitly to 512, but I've been unable to determine how to do so.
Are there any obvious errors in my configuration? If not, can anyone advise how to set the tftp block size? Thanks in advance.
James
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