> -----Original Message----- > From: ccollier@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ccollier@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:06 PM > To: Discussion list about Kickstart > Subject: RE: NFS kickstart fails with e1000.ko drivers > > > On Fri, 7 May 2004, Joe Robertson wrote: > --snip-- > > > > Cody - can you also provide a sample of what parameters you use for > > ksdevice etc > > for your http setup? I haven't set up an http server > for this yet > > but > > someone else told me he gave up on trying to use NFS > and switched to > > HTTP. > > [somehost]$cat > /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/netboot-rhel3_es-basic > default linux > label linux > kernel vmlinuz-rhel3_es > append initrd=initrd-rhel3_es.img vnc ksdevice=eth0 > ks=http://123.456.789.123/somepath/here/vwkickstart.py > > The images (vmlinuz-rhel3_es/initrd-rhel3_es.img) are just > renamed and > come from rhel3es-distribution/images/pxeboot/. I've found > making the > installation tree and the kickstart config file available via > http to work > very well. > > cody > I setup a configuration with the kickstart file on an http server. I created a label with the entries to match your example. When I tried to run, it failed to retrieve the file (ALT-F3 console messages follow): ... * load module set done * getting kickstart file * sending dhcp request through device eth0 * waiting for link... * 0 seconds. * doing kickstart... setting it up * ks location http://10.0.125.106/pxe/fc2-3/ks/ks-min.cfg * transferring http://10.0.125.106//./pxe/fc2-3/ks/ks-min.cfg to a fd * failed to retrieve http://10.0.125.106///pxe/fc2-3/ks/ks-min.cfg * trying to mount CD device hdc <ALT-F3 console output stops here> I can open a browser and enter the url specified as ks location above and it will display the contents of the kickstart configuration file. This sounds like the same issue - the NIC driver... or anaconda... I had another instance of this when I tried to use pxe to boot into a diskless environment - the dhcp lease was failing. The /linuxrc in the ramdisk was a script so I had it try again to get a lease if the first try failed. It always succeeded. This whole thing sounds like a timing issue and something is simply not giving the driver enough time before it gives up and reports a failure. Joe > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickst> art-list >
