Actually, this is happening to me, and I am not using NFS. Mine is a fully-automated, unattended, http install using a kickstart file. >From what I can tell, it might be some sort of DNS or hostname resolution issue, but I can't figure it out. This wouldn't include any problems with Cisco equipment, because this happens even when I'm running a crossover cable directly between the target server, and the tftp/http server. Koree On 12/23/05, Greg Morgan <drkludge@xxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Koree A. Smith wrote: > > I am getting the same thing. This didn't start until I started > > kickstarting RHEL4. RHEL3 with an almost identitcal ks.cfg did not > > behave this way. > > > > I don't have a fix, this is just a "me too". > > > > Koree > > > > On 12/21/05, Mohammed Iqbal.H <iqbal_tannu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>hi > >> > >>I have noticed a kickstart hangs at the point when the > >>PC being NFS kickstarted is at the "Determining host > >>name and domain" point in the kickstart. > > Fedora Core has done this for awhile. The RHEL3 to RHEL4 sounds like > the right time for RHEL. This is a known problem as far as it has been > discussed on the mailing list before. One possible answer is located > here > https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2005-May/msg00092.html . > However, I don't have Cisco network equipment. The other more likely > reason is located here > https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2005-September/msg00038.html > . The good news is that it is not the kickstart file. Where I see the > problem is when you use a NFS server to install from ISO images an no > kickstart file is in use. The second link has a proposed patch too. > > >> > >>please let me know why it hangs.if any one have the > >>kickstart file or document please send it to me. > >> > > Greg > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDrMTAxyxe5L6mr7IRAo2sAJ4pNtQJDHABm2bMBXvtlYfH8uxpMgCfYplq > u+97ppl5N3h7OJsfbb2Iou4= > =pA9s > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > -- Koree A. Smith -- koreesmith@xxxxxxxxx
