Thanks Phil for the reply. I am using RHEL 4 Update 2. I was thinking about going to either Update 3 or reverting back to RHEL 4 w/out updates. I began to think that the vmlinuz and the initrd for this release was missing something that is causing my problems. I don't suspect it has anything to do with timing (switches, etc) but I could be wrong. I am going to attempt Kickstart with another release and see if that solves my problem. Liz Brosch TSH System Services Philadelphia, PA 19104 office: (215) 386-0100 x1144 cell: (267) 784-9166 -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Bettinson Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:04 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: No network drivers for doing kickstart Hello again, I have also experienced a similar problem, this seems to be with a problem (for me at least) with the tg3 driver with Redhat As 3 update 6, a problem we didn't have (and don't have) if we just use Redhat AS 3 (with no updates). This seems to be more of a problem with the vmlinuz and the initrd for this release. As we didn't want ot re-build these, we went back to using RedHat AS 3, which works. I note, however that in RedHat AS 3 update 7, there has been an update to this driver. I'm busy downloading the Isos so I can give it a go with that, and see if it works. Phil (again) Phil Bettinson wrote: > Morning, > > Your issue might possibly be because of the switch that the machines are > connected too. Some (newer?) switches do some negotiations and speed > tests before clearing the port for use, this can cause the DHCP to time > out (as the network request doesn't get further than the port). I've had > this problem on a few machines here, but our network engineer simply > removed or decreased the timing for the port (sorry for the vague > answer, but I havn't seen the operation myself yet), and that seemed to > solve the problem > > Hope that Helps, > > Phil > > Elizabeth.Brosch@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Thanks for reply. I don't know what my issue is but I am unable to get >> past it. >> Liz Brosch >> TSH System Services >> Philadelphia, PA 19104 >> office: (215) 386-0100 x1144 >> cell: (267) 784-9166 >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> We have not seen that error in the course of installing dozens of rh3 >> and rh4 instances on both dl380 and dl585 machines. We have had trouble >> with the DHCP/PXE/tftp exchange failing due to too much lag time in the >> repsonse. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Jim Wildman, CISSP, RHCE jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://www.rossberry.com >> "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best >> state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." >> Thomas Paine >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Bettinson Swyddog Gweinyddu Systemau Systems Administrator Isadran Cyfrifiaduron Computer Section Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Ceredigion, Ceredigion SY23 3BU SY23 3BU Ffôn / Phone: 01970 632867 Ffacs / Fax: 01970 615709 EBost / Email: phb@xxxxxxxxxxx We / Web: http://www.llgc.org.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Yn siarad drosof fy hun, nid LlGC - Speaking personally, not for NLW _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
