Kickstart problems...

[Crow69 aka thedude]

Robert,

Here is an example of my /etc/dhcpd.conf file that works with pxeboot:
ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
default-lease-time 21600;
max-lease-time 43200;
group {
allow booting;
allow bootp;
filename "pxelinux.0";
use-host-decl-names on;
host n1 { hardware ethernet 00:d0:4f:38:bf:c0; fixed-address 192.168.1.11; }
host n2 { hardware ethernet 00:d0:4f:38:bf:d0; fixed-address 192.168.1.12; }
}
}

Here is my /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file:
serial 0 9600
default Redhat
prompt 1
timeout 1

label Redhat
kernel isolinux/vmlinuz
append ksdevice=eth0 load_ramdisk=1 nofb network 
ks=nfs:192.168.1.5:/path/to/kickstart/ks.cfg initrd=isolinux/initrd.img

Maybe you can try my configs and see if they work for you?  There are 2 dhcp 
lookups when doing pxe boot, I believe.  The first is the pxe boot itself, 
and the 2nd is part of the kickstart when booting the cdrom Linux images to 
start the actual kickstart mechanism.

(My dhcpd.conf above is only used for static IPed kickstart dhcp requests 
specificly specified in the dhcpd.conf file and not general system dhcp 
service requests.)

Make sure you restart the dhcpd service after modifying your dhcpd.conf 
file!
Example:  service dhcpd restart

Let me know if this helps or not.

Jeff

>From: "Robert McKenzie" <Robert.McKenzie at csr.com>
>Reply-To: Discussion list about Kickstart <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
>To: <kickstart-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Kickstart problems...
>Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:00:03 -0000
>
>I have been spending way too much time trying to get a functional pxe
>kickstart server going.  I've been through at least 4 or 5 howtos on
>this and still come up to the same end each time.  The problem is...
>
>The new system loads it's kernel from the server using PXE with no
>problem, but then it insists on trying to get a DHCP address (dynamic).
>I have in my dhcpd.conf a static IP for the host, based on MAC but this
>seems only to work for the first step of the PXE boot.
>
>What am I doing wrong? (I know, it's a loaded question).
>
>My entire PXE config is at
>http://thehostedbox.com/~rmckenzi/pxe-kickstart/server.tgz
>
>What I've included in the file (for those that have time to have a look
>for me) is /etc/dhcpd.conf and the entire /tftpboot/ directory (minus
>the actual initrd.img and vmlinuz images from the FC3 directory.
>
>I can only think it's something simple that I'm missing or have done
>wrong.  It would be greatly appreciated for anyone that can have a look
>and offer some advice.
>
>Cheers!!!
>
>
>
>
>
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