Do you have multiple ethernet interfaces? Linux and the BIOS do not always agree on which is the 'first' ethernet port(and therefore eth0) in the system. On some systems I have to use the second (as labeled on the server chassis) ethernet port for kickstart as Linux see it as eth0, or specify eth1 as the ksdevice to use the first ethernet port. -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Ciordia Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 10:41 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Issue with Aquiring DHCP Brian Long wrote: > Does your switch have spanning tree port-fast enabled? This tells the > switch to disable spanning tree calculations for that port. If not > configured and spanning tree is enabled on your network, the time it > takes your link to come up could be 30+ seconds and that's too long > for "loader" to acquire an IP. > Sorry for being a bit dense atm, are you saying spanning tree port-fast should be enabled? As well, it does aquire the first pass, through PXE's asking DHCP for an address, that is resolved immediatly. Its the second DHCP request which is when the install engages that stalls. Currently on out Catalyst 5000: ! #spantree #uplinkfast groups set spantree uplinkfast disable #backbonefast set spantree backbonefast disable #vlan 208 set spantree enable 208 set spantree fwddelay 15 208 set spantree hello 2 208 set spantree maxage 20 208 set spantree priority 32768 208 -- Andy Ciordia, Network Engineer Planned Giving Design Center (www.pgdc.com) 10800-D Independence Pointe Pkwy, Matthews, NC 28105 Ph: (704)849-0731 x106 | Fax: (770)456-5239 -- _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
