I read the thread you discussed, and thought about it quite a bit. But this particular network is a dumb netgear switch (private), and the same hardware manages to perform the Redhat 7.3 netboot just fine. Looking at the DHCP messaging between the two different netboots (7.3 .vs. 8.0) it almost looks like the 7.3 version remembered that it used a particular address for stages 1 and 2, and then fell back to using this address when it couldn't figure out how to understand a DHCP response from the DHCP server. The sequence for 7.3 was: DHCPDISCOVER DHCPOFFER DHCPDISCOVER DHCPOFFER DHCPREQUEST DHCPACK However for 8.0 it was DHCPDISCOVER/DHCPOFFER for four times, and then failure. Do I somehow have the DHCP server mis-configured, and am only now uncovering the problem with the new client that doesn't remember it's 1st DHCP requested address? -Ace > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Komitee > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:14 PM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Hassles with 8.0 - renegotiating the DHCP?!? > > > that sounds exactly like a problem i had with 7.2 and 7.3. > Did you try enabling port-fast on the ethernet port of the > switch that the client is connected to? > > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf Of > knights-of-ni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:36 PM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Hassles with 8.0 - renegotiating the DHCP?!? > > > Has anyone seen problems in the Psyche release with kickstart > whereupon the client boots up, D/L's the kernel, and initrd, > runs the first stage right up to /sbin/loader, starts > Anaconda, and then the client stops > with: > > Pump reports: no DHCP response received > > While the DHCP server reports four DHCPDISCOVER / DHCPOFFER > cycles before it then fails to get the ks.cfg file? This > same exact system kickstarts flawlessly under 7.3, same hub, > same server, etc., and yet now with 8.0, it seems the kernel > is doing something different. > > But what? > > > David Humphrey > Director > Long Wharf IT > (781) 646-1843 > ace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ki> ckstart-list >
