A very big thanks!!! - Matt "Matilainen Panu (NRC/Helsinki)" wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, EXT Matt Fahrner wrote: > > > Ugh. Not what I wanted to hear (because it means more work for me and a > > probable bottomless pit). Unfortunately I have tried mounting this from > > directory on a number of different systems with no problems. Logs show > > nothing. > > > > Anyone know if there a way to get the NFS portion of kickstart (or the > > install itself) to be a little more verbose on what it doesn't like > > about its mount attempt? > > NFS-mounting in RH7 installer is a bit broken: it asks for a NFSv3 mount > though it can't handle it. There are a couple of bugzilla entries about > this and also an unofficial fix (which worked for me at least), see > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18087 > > - Panu - > > > > > - Matt > > > > Keith McPherson wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Kickstart-list mailing list > > > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
