RE: pump told us: No DHCP reply received

["Shabazian, Chip" <Chip Shabazian bankofamerica com>]

RHEL 3 or 4?  RHEL 4 enumerates the bus in a different order than RHEL 3, so if there are any NIC's on expansion cards, this could cause problems.

 

What happens if you pass the IP information at the boot: prompt?

 

Chip

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From: kickstart-list-bounces redhat com [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces redhat com] On Behalf Of anthony parackel
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:21 PM
To: kickstart-list redhat com
Subject: pump told us: No DHCP reply received

Hi,
 
First off, I’d like to thank Chip, Mike and Colin 
for
their help earlier.
 
I was asked to postpone this project for 
about a week
but eventually I experimented with different setups

and 
managed to create a kickstart environment that
utilizes PXE 
boot.


Well, now I’m getting this strange error message after
the 
client boots off the PXE/DHCP server:



* running dhcp for 
eth0

* pump told us: No DHCP reply received

* eth0 isn’t a 
wireless adapter



It looks like the DHCP server can’t assign an 
ip.



This error is a little confusing because the 
kickstart
client is definitely getting an IP from the DHCP
server which 
allows

it to boot into PXE.   After initially getting an 
IP
to boot into PXE, anaconda begins to install the
driver 
modules.

What I then see is various drivers loading like the
megaraid 
SCSI, megaraid SAS and NIC drivers.



The installation just halts 
when it asks me for the
networking info.  Here’s what I 
tried:



I tried to do a kick off of a Dell 1950 and 2950.  
I
tried to boot off of both NICs to no avail 
I connected a crossover 
cable from the kickstart
client directly to the DHCP/PXE server. 
I get 
the same results.  An initial ip is assigned the
first time for a PXE 
boot but doesn’t subsequently 

get one during the anaconda install 
phase.



Any suggestions would be VERY helpful.  I can’t 
find
any useful info about this error message on 
google.



Thanks in advance,

anthony

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