[rhelv6-beta-list] rhel6 remote installs not working

[solarflow99]

this is interesting to hear, i've always used NFS for kickstart and
never had any problem.  I guess maybe 1 is better over the other..


On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:21 PM, gregwm
> <rhelv6-beta-list at greatlakedata.com> wrote:
>>> > i do interactive remote installs.  at your prompting i tried
>>> >
>>> >    ks=nfs:192.168.3.4:/kickstart/pecan.ks
>>> >
>>> > however i suspect my lack of luck with that on the m2 is for the same
>>> > reason that the rhel6 anaconda fails to configure eth0 as in my post
>>> > above.  i'm less eager to fuss further with the x2100 as i have to get
>>> > help to reboot it when it fails.
>>> >
>>> > the obvious place to put the ks file is on the local disk, but that
>>> > doesn't work either.  and i found user mention of that working in f10
>>> > but no longer in f11.  sad.
>>>
>>> I've had problems in the past where sometime after initial boot it renames
>>> interfaces somehow...
>>>
>>> I've since started using:
>>>
>>> ksdevice=00:11:22:33:44:55 (MAC address instead of interface name)
>>>
>>> --kyleo
>>
>> bingo.  that got me a couple stages further.  now anaconda's barfing "Failed
>> to read directory /mnt/runtime/etc: No such file or directory".  i filed bug
>> 621736 about that.  meanwhile can anyone tell me what's wrong with
>>
>>    ks=nfs:192.168.3.4:/kickstart/pecan.ks
>>
>> it doesn't work with rhel5 either.
>
> Don't use NFS for kickstart installs on any OS if you can avoid it.
> While it may be faster than HTTP but it has historically caused
> fascinating problems for the NFS server leaving dangling mounts when
> the client disconnects., and overall I've found it considerably less
> reliable. In particular, unless the client and its DHCP or hardcoded
> network settings do the right settings for your client's hostname and
> domain, any NFS server that is restricting access to particular names
> or domains may not allow access.
>
> If you're curious and want to test, try booting in "rescue" mode and
> seeing if you can mount things and read them.
>
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