Are you also using Dell hardware for network ?
If so look at this in Rocks cluster:
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/npaci-rocks-discussion/2007-March/024280.html
Dell switches need to be configured with 'fast-port enable' for all
ports to handle correctly the DCHP traffic. Or the first dhcp request
by PXE is ok but the second one issued by Anaconda does not go
through.
2007/5/14, SSTinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <SSTinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I am attempting to install RHEL ES V4 U5 on a Dell 2950 server. I am using a
Sun server as the DHCP/TFTP/NFS server supplying all data to complete the
install. I am able to start the PXE boot. The Dell server is able to
download the pxelinux image and also read the pxelinux.cfg file. Here is the
cfg file I am using.
# Perform a local boot by default
default installauto
# Always prompt
prompt 1
# Display the bootup message
display pxeboot.msg
# Boot automatically after 30 seconds in tenths of a second
timeout 300
label local
localboot 0
label rescue
ipappend 2
kernel rhel_v4/vmlinuz
append initrd=rhel_v4/initrd.img rescue
label installauto
ipappend 2
kernel rhel_v4/vmlinuz
append initrd=rhel_v4/initrd.img
ks=nfs:10.1.1.253:/export/redhat/ks_rhel_v4.cfg
ksdevice=bootif
The kernel image loads from the server via tftp. The initial blue startup
screen appears at the start of installation. That is where things start to
go wrong.
First, even though I have designated KS to use the boot interfaces in the
cfg file, I still get an interface selection screen at the start of the
install. Why is the selection necessary? Why is the iterface not being set
from the hsdevice option in the CFG file?
Second, after selecting the interface, I switch to virt console 2 and see
the message that the install is attemting to get the ks_rhel_v4.cfg file and
the nfs URL is displayed. At the time this is happening I have a network
snoop at the Sun server. There is no NFS traffic showing up from the Dell. I
am snooping based on the Dell's MAC address. The output on the virt. console
indicates that the cfg file cannot be loaded. The network interface is
operable on the Dell. I can ping the configured address from the Sun DHCP
server. I can also boot the Dell in rescue more and NFS mount the directory
that contains the cfg file and also the directory that contains the
operating system image. Any ideas why this installation will not complete?
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