Thanks Kelley, I'll have a look at the bug report. I thought along the same lines as you when this error started happening, and updated my pxelinux.0, but found the same problem. The release of pxelinux.0 that I am using is out of the latest syslinux package (1.76), though I am unsure what rev. this is. Should I be using a different version? The client *does* try a DHCPDISCOVER 4 times before giving up though... -Ace > -----Original Message----- > From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of K . Spoon > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:20 PM > To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Hassles with 8.0 - renegotiating the DHCP?!? > > > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:35:59PM -0400, > knights-of-ni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > 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. > > Hrm.... I saw something similar to that way back when. > Ultimately, the problem was that the version of pxelinux I > was using (1.63) was jacking something up so that when > anaconda tried to get an IP it never saw > the reply from the DHCP server. A hack to the loader.c code > to make it do a couple of retries seemed to work around the > problem, but the better solution was to use a later version > of pxelinux. > > We're currently using 1.65, and I haven't seen any problems > with 8.0 (or any other releases). > > Bug number was #56499 and a copy of a patch for the retry > hack is in there in case you want to give it a shot. > > -- > Kelley Spoon Main: 210-892-4000 > Rackspace Managed Hosting Fax: 210-892-4329 > 112 East Pecan, Suite 600 Email: kspoon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > San Antonio, TX 78205 <http://www.rackspace.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ki> ckstart-list >
