DHCP and e1000

[mail at kwerner.net]

Thank you for your quick reply. I tried it, but it did not help.

Dec  8 22:22:20 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:22:20 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.7.113 to
00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:22:22 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.7.113
(192.168.7.181) from 00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:22:22 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.7.113 to
00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:22:22 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /pxelinux.0 to
192.168.7.113:2070
Dec  8 22:22:22 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 13324
Dec  8 22:22:24 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /pxelinux.0 to
192.168.7.113:2071
Dec  8 22:22:24 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 13324
Dec  8 22:22:27 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: timeout: retrying...
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /pxelinux.0 to
192.168.7.113:2072
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 13324
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /pxelinux.0 to
192.168.7.113:2073
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: blksize option -> 1456
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving
/pxelinux.cfg/01-00-e0-81-72-04-bb to 192.168.7.113:57089
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: File
/srv/tftp/fai//pxelinux.cfg/01-00-e0-81-72-04-bb not found
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /pxelinux.cfg/C0A80771 to
192.168.7.113:57090
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 298
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: blksize option -> 1440
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /vmlinuz-install to
192.168.7.113:57091
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 1579042
Dec  8 22:22:28 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: blksize option -> 1440
Dec  8 22:22:29 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: timeout: retrying...
Dec  8 22:22:38 faitest2 last message repeated 4 times
Dec  8 22:22:39 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:39 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Serving /initrd.img-2.6.19-nfs to
192.168.7.113:57092
Dec  8 22:22:39 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: tsize option -> 3100834
Dec  8 22:22:39 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: blksize option -> 1440
Dec  8 22:22:39 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: timeout: retrying...
Dec  8 22:22:49 faitest2 last message repeated 5 times
Dec  8 22:22:51 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:52 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: client (192.168.7.113) not responding
Dec  8 22:22:52 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:22:54 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: client (192.168.7.113) not responding
Dec  8 22:22:54 faitest2 atftpd[3499]: Server thread exiting
Dec  8 22:23:07 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:23:07 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.7.113 to
00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:23:12 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:23:12 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.7.113 to
00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:23:21 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0
Dec  8 22:23:21 faitest2 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.7.113 to
00:e0:81:72:04:bb via eth0

What I cannot understand: Why can I install all the other clients with
my setup but not this machine?
And what confuses me even more is that this server came with a
preinstalled Suse Linux - installed via PXE from a Debian sarge system
(not FAI).
I also tried the stock fai-kernel but that did not either.

So I ran out of ideas.

But Thanks neverless.

K. Werner

Ingo Wichmann schrieb:
> mail at kwerner.net schrieb:
>
>> What I understand is:
>> PXE and TFTP are working - the installkernel is loaded, the client sends
>> out DHCP requests and the server receives
>> them but the client does not accept the DHCPOFFER from the server.
>
> I had/have a similar problem and have solved it using an initrd a week
ago:
> http://archives.free.net.ph/thread/20061204.114733.387f4d2a.en.html
> and
> http://archives.free.net.ph/thread/20061206.224111.52bba247.en.html
>
> Maybe you want to try this ...
>
> The difference in my setup is, that my installclient does not send out
> DHCP requests, or at least they do not reach out of the client.
>
> Ingo
>
>
>