I have no idea. After changing the NFS share from /kickstart to /products, things seem to be working. ----- Ryan Golhar Computational Scientist The Informatics Institute at The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ Phone: 973-972-5034 Fax: 973-972-7412 Email: golharam@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:36 AM To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' Subject: AW: NFS mount failed I meanthe network switch your server is connected to. It's made by which vendor (e.g.) cisco. >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam@xxxxxxxxx] >Gesendet am: Freitag, 12. März 2004 15:46 >An: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Betreff: RE: NFS mount failed > >I'm not sure I follow. What do you mean what switch? > >----- >Ryan Golhar >Computational Scientist >The Informatics Institute at >The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ > >Phone: 973-972-5034 >Fax: 973-972-7412 >Email: golharam@xxxxxxxxx > >-----Original Message----- >From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger >Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 11:12 AM >To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' >Subject: AW: NFS mount failed > > >Which switch do you use? > >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam@xxxxxxxxx] >>Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 16:57 >>An: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>Betreff: RE: NFS mount failed >> >>How can I do a chkconfig in kickstart? I know the NFS share is >>correct, other machines can mount it properly... >> >>I tried the method of specifying ks=nfs:... With the same results. >> >>After doing some searching, I found other posts from people having >>similar problems, they determined it was a timing issue, but I don't >>know if that's really the case or not. >> >>----- >>Ryan Golhar >>Computational Scientist >>The Informatics Institute at >>The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ >> >>Phone: 973-972-5034 >>Fax: 973-972-7412 >>Email: golharam@xxxxxxxxx >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger >>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:06 AM >>To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' >>Subject: AW: NFS mount failed >> >> >>Hi Ryan, >> >>did you do a chkconfig nfs on? >> >>I think you must enter the full Path to the ks.cfg-file:linux >>ks=nfs:server.example.com:/mydir/ks.cfg >> >>Regards, >>Martin >> >>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>Von: Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam@xxxxxxxxx] >>>Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 15:50 >>>An: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>Betreff: RE: NFS mount failed >>> >>>Hi Martin, >>> >>>1. I've set up the DHCP server with the filename "/kickstart/ks.cfg" >>>option 2. Set up the NFS server to share /kickstart 3. Created the >>>kickstart file and put in /kickstart and copied the CDs there too. >>>4. Booted a machine from the 1st CD and enter "linux ks" >>> >>>It successfully obtains an IP address and location for obtaining the >>>kickstart file. I can't tell from the output if actually got the >>>kickstart file...I thought it did. Then it tries to mount /kickstart >>>and fails. This is way I'm not sure it was able to get the kickstart >>>file or just knows about it from the DHCP reply. >>> >>> >>>----- >>>Ryan Golhar >>>Computational Scientist >>>The Informatics Institute at >>>The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ >>> >>>Phone: 973-972-5034 >>>Fax: 973-972-7412 >>>Email: golharam@xxxxxxxxx >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:kickstart-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Newiger >>>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:24 AM >>>To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' >>>Subject: AW: NFS mount failed >>> >>> >>>Hi Ryan, >>> >>>what steps did you take already? >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Martin >>> >>> >>>>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>>>Von: Ryan Golhar [SMTP:golharam@xxxxxxxxx] >>>>Gesendet am: Freitag, 5. März 2004 18:30 >>>>An: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>Betreff: NFS mount failed >>>> >>>>I'm trying to setup a kickstart for multiple machines. I have a >>>>DHCP > >>>>server running that also has the ks.cfg file in an nfs share called >>>>/kickstart. I also have the RedHat CDs copied into /kickstart/RedHat >>>> >>>>When I start a kickstart installation, I get the "failed to mount >>>>NFS > >>>>source". >>>> >>>>I check to make sure I can mount /kickstart from other machines. >>>>I'm > >>>>wondering if I didn't copy the contents of the CDs in the correct >>>>directory, or am sharing the wrong directory. 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