Hi Vratislav, this was done using 6.0 but we get the same result using 6.1 09:24:29,540 INFO : kernel command line: initrd=initrd.img ks ksdevice=eth2 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz 09:24:29,540 DEBUG : readNetInfo /tmp/s390net not found, early return 09:24:29,540 INFO : anaconda version 13.21.117 on x86_64 starting 09:24:29,546 INFO : 4055732 kB are available 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module iscsi_ibft 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module iscsi_boot_sysfs 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module pcspkr 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module edd 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module mlx4_ib 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module mlx4_en 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module mlx4_core 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ib_ipoib 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ib_cm 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ib_sa 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ib_mad 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ib_core 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module ipv6 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module iscsi_tcp 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module libiscsi_tcp 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module libiscsi 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module scsi_transport_iscsi 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module squashfs 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : Saving module cramfs 09:24:32,736 DEBUG : probing buses 09:24:32,762 DEBUG : waiting for hardware to initialize 09:24:36,480 INFO : Trying to detect vendor driver discs 09:24:36,780 DEBUG : probing buses 09:24:36,802 DEBUG : waiting for hardware to initialize 09:24:38,277 INFO : getting kickstart file 09:24:38,293 INFO : doing kickstart... setting it up 09:24:38,293 DEBUG : activating device eth2 09:24:45,305 INFO : wait_for_iface_activation (2274): device eth2 activated 09:24:45,317 ERROR : no bootserver was found - We entered the ks location here as it could not find it automatically 09:55:18,989 INFO : url is A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart 09:55:18,989 DEBUG : parseNfsHostPathOpts url: |A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart| 09:55:18,989 DEBUG : parseNfsHostPathOpts host: |A.B.C.D| 09:55:18,989 DEBUG : parseNfsHostPathOpts path: |/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart| 09:55:18,989 DEBUG : parseNfsHostPathOpts opts: |(null)| 09:55:18,989 INFO : file location: nfs:A.B.C.D:/export/n_os/ks/E.F.G.H-kickstart 09:55:19,158 DEBUG : marking first kickstart network command 09:55:19,158 INFO : setting up kickstart 09:55:19,158 INFO : kickstartFromNfs 09:55:19,158 INFO : results of nfs, host is A.B.C.D, dir is /export/n_os/RHEL/Server/6.0, opts are '(null)' 09:55:19,158 INFO : kickstart network command - device eth2 09:55:19,158 INFO : activating first device from kickstart because network is needed 09:55:19,169 INFO : device eth2 is already activated 09:55:19,169 INFO : disconnecting device eth2 09:55:21,178 INFO : wait_for_iface_disconnection (2351): device eth2 disconnected Any suggestions/pointers welcome. thanks iain -- Iain Morrison IT Manager MRC Epidemiology Unit Institute of Metabolic Science Box 285 Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road Cambridge CB2 0QQ Tel 01223 769200 -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vratislav Podzimek Sent: 15 August 2011 09:08 To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ks file not found via dhcp Hi Iain, there should be some error message in /tmp/anaconda.log. Could you please post it here? Vratislav Podzimek On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 17:54 +0100, Iain Morrison wrote: > Hi > > We have a RHEL 4 dhcp server that points to a ks location on an Oracle > filer. This works with 4 and 5 but with 6 anaconda can't find the ks > file unless the path is added explicitly, e.g. > ks=nfs:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:/export/n_os/ks/eee.fff.ggg.hhh-kickstart for a > machine with IP eee.fff.ggg.hhh > > In our dhcpd.conf file we have > > filename "/export/n_os/ks/"; > next-server aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd; > > where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is our Oracle filer. > > Has anything changed in how the ks file is found? > > thanks > > iain > > -- > > Iain Morrison > IT Manager > MRC Epidemiology Unit > Institute of Metabolic Science > Box 285 > Addenbrooke's Hospital > Hills Road > Cambridge > CB2 0QQ > Tel 01223 769200 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
