I have now tried the install by using DHCP and fixed IP address. I would hope that
assigning the IP with kernel arguments through the pxelinux cfg would work. Assuming
it does, the only other common error is related to DNS. I do not have DNS available
on this private install net. Does Anaconda require DNS for a completely hands-off
install?
kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/15/2007 12:48:32 PM:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on 05/15/2007 12:22:02 PM:
>
> > You are correct that it is not necessarily relevant, was just
> > curious. The previous post about the switch is something I had
> > forgotten about and is definitely a problem that we corrected and
> > all worked well.
> >
>
>
> I am plugged in to a CISCO switch, but I will check with the network
> guys to find out if the setting may still be applicable.
>
> Nothing back from Redhat yet at this point.
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