On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, ext Matt Fahrner wrote: > Actually looking at the URL it's been fixed... Internally but not as an errata release as far as I know, so you basically need to disable NFSv3 on the server or use the unofficial fix.. - Panu - > > - Matt > > Matt Fahrner wrote: > > > > The reason I heard for this is that Kickstart asks to use NFS version 3 > > even though it (Linux) doesn't support it. The Sun will answer back that > > it can do NFS v3 whereas a Linux box will say it can't, subsiquently > > kickstart tries to use V3 when it's not supported by the kernel. There's > > apparently a hack you can make to the Anaconda code to fix it but it's > > not pretty. We had the same issue and ended up putting the files on a > > Linux server to get around it. See: > > > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18087 > > > > - Matt > > > > Tru Huynh wrote: > > > > > > Seth Vidal wrote: > > > > > > > > > Maybe im going mad, but > > > > > > > > > > I have a Sun 420r which is the NFS share for all of my kickstart > > > > > installations > > > > > Now i can mount this share /export/linux from any unix variant (sun, freebsd > > > > > and linux), yet i kickstart it it wont mount it? > > > > > > > > > > im using redhat7.0 and i have a twinkling that this is the root of all evil > > > > > > > Same pb here: i could not manage to use the nfs method > > > for kickstarting under RH7. There were several msgs in the list > > > reporting the same pb. Anyone successfull? > > > Under RH6.2 it worked flawlessly (ks.cfg either on floppy/nfs). > > > network --bootproto dhcp > > > nfs --server my.nfs.server --dir /pub/redhat/6.2/i386 > > > > > > I finally used the ftp method for RH7 instead (ks.cfg on floppy). > > > network --bootproto dhcp > > > url --url ftp://my.ftp.server/pub/redhat/7.0/i386 > > > > > > During the post install for RH7 I have the following error: > > > fs type nfs is not supported by kernel > > > while trying to nfs mount some other share! > > > > > > -Tru > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
