Re: Unable to get any http requests: Unabletoretreive netstg2.imgfile

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Mukarram Syed wrote:
> Hi John,
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> Anaconda depends on DHCP even if you use static IPs.
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> I have made some progress on this...
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> I have posted this on the group but here it is for you anyways (it's rather
> long):

I don't read the whole thread before responding to parts of it, and 
email arrives out of order, but I have read it now.


I can't really help if you don't try my suggestions.

There are good reasons to snip, and to not top-post. email isn't like 
paper mail, you can and should reply to points in context.



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> > Actually I have dhcpd configured for static IP address.  Not for a range 
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> > of IP addresses to pick from.  dhcpd is running.  After PXE loads up the 
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> > kernel, I think the installer anaconda uses dhcp to again look for the 
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> > ks.cfg file.  This is after the menu.  That's the part which does not 
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> > work.  That's why I put in the static IP's in my default file under 
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> > label 1.  Putting the static IP's don't work as well.
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> What I don't understand is how the BIOS and pxelinux can both get an IP 
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> address, and Anaconda can't.
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> Have you tried using IPAPPEND instead of ip= on the kernel parameters. 
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> Read syslinux.doc for clarification.
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