We've always used a Solaris server to do our kickstarts (redhat 5.2 thru 7.0, Solaris 2.6 & 2.7), so it does work. FWIW, I'd guess the NFS server is the problem, so I'd start with the log files on the Solaris server... and try mounting that dir on another server that's on the same network to make sure it can be mounted. On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Matt Fahrner wrote: > Has anyone seen an issue with RedHat not being able to do a kickstart > from a Solaris (5.6) NFS server? Specifically we're booting from floppy > with a "ks.cfg" file on the floppy itself that points to NFS mount the > RedHat distribution from our Solaris fileserver. If we use the exact > same disk and modify it to take the distribution from an NFS mount of a > Linux box it works fine. > > The symptom when it fails is that it boots and then instead of > completing the kickstart it falls to the standard set of input requests > with CTRL-ALT-F1 showing the last attempted thing was the NFS mount of > the distribution. The NFS mount attempt through a "snoop" appears to be > working properly though: > > dhcp33-vlan1.coat.com -> foo.coat.com MOUNT3 C Mount > /export/auto/Linux_i86/7.0/redhat/7.0 > foo.coat.com -> dhcp33-vlan1.coat.com MOUNT3 R Mount OK FH=43E1 > Auth=unix > > but I suspect the boot image doesn't like something about the reply > (don't know). It might be a something it doesn't like about the portmap > response as well since it seems to enumerate registered RPCs during the > mount request. V3 NFS is supported on this server. RedHat 6.2 has no > problem kickstarting from the same server and filesystem. RedHat 7.0 > systems don't seem have a problem mounting the directory after being > installed. I don't think it's a problem on the server side. > > If we follow the manual prompts and use the same mount point it *also* > fails (says cannot mount the directory) so it's more of a generic > install issue than specific to kickstart (but I don't have a better > place to send this). > > Thanks, > > - Matt > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matt Fahrner 2 South Park St. > Manager of Networking Willis House > Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Lebanon, N.H. 03766 > TEL: (603) 448-4100 xt 5150 USA > FAX: (603) 443-6190 Matt.Fahrner@xxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >
