Hi all, I have this 9.2 (eval, and SLES soon) network install on a Dell System PowerEdge 2850 (on its second net interface, eth1) running from a 9.0 server, and failing on a timeout when there is an attempt from the tftp server to send the ramdisk, or may be when the booting client seem to have lost its network config (crashed?), please see a trace and some details below, specially the last lines (some addresses removed for this text). Thanks for any suggestions, Marc.

From the booting client console:

Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.2.16P6 Copyright (C) 1997-2004, Intel Corporation Intel(R) Boot Agent PXE Base Code (BA1216BD) Copyright (C) 1997-2003, Intel Corporation CLIENT MAC ADDR: xx xx xx xx xx xx GUID: ... CLIENT IP: 10.x.x.x MASK: 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 10.x.x.x GATEWAY IP: 10.x.x.x PXELINUX 2.06 0x3fc70fbd Copyright (C) 1994-2003 H. Peter Anvin UNDI data segment at: 000969A0 UNDI data segment size: 6240 UNDI code segment at: 0009CBE0 UNDI code segment size: 28D0 PXE entry point found (we hope) at 9CBE:0106 My IP address seems to be xxxxxxxx 10.x.x.x ip=10.x.x.x:10.x.x.x:10.x.x.x:255.255.255.0 TFTP prefix: Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/xxxxxxxx Loading 9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/linux64............................. Loading 9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/initrd64... and then time out. On the install server: ls -l /tftpboot/ total 17 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 176 2005-03-09 18:17 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 536 2005-03-04 11:49 .. drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 792 2005-03-07 11:23 9.2.eval.dvd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 188 2005-03-09 15:47 test.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11308 2003-11-28 01:05 pxelinux.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 184 2005-03-10 12:52 pxelinux.cfg /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default default linux serial 0,115200n8 label linux kernel 9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/linux64 append textmode=1 console=ttyS0,115200n8 initrd=9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/initrd64 autoyast=tftp://install.server.ip/test.xml A tcpdump and /var/log/messages on the tftp server show this: Mar 10 13:14:18 hostname dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from booting.client.mac.addr via eth1 Mar 10 13:14:18 hostname dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on booting.client.ip to booting.client.mac.addr via eth1 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for booting.client.ip (install.server.ip) from booting.client.mac.addr via eth1 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving pxelinux.0 to booting.client.ip:2070 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving pxelinux.0 to booting.client.ip:2071 13:14:22.948925 IP booting.client.ip.57089 > install.server.ip.69: 63 RRQ "pxelinux.cfg/booting.client.mac.addr" octet tsize 0 blks 13:14:22.949348 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.57089: UDP, length: 18 13:14:22.953048 IP booting.client.ip.56834 > install.server.ip.69: 51 RRQ "pxelinux.cfg/0A0A1426" octet tsize 0 blksize 1440 13:14:22.953503 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56834: UDP, length: 25 13:14:22.953676 IP booting.client.ip.56834 > install.server.ip.32796: UDP, length: 4 13:14:22.953816 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56834: UDP, length: 453 13:14:22.953925 IP booting.client.ip.56834 > install.server.ip.32796: UDP, length: 4 13:14:22.957419 IP booting.client.ip.56835 > install.server.ip.69: 62 RRQ "9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/linux64" octet tsize 0 blksi 13:14:22.957876 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56835: UDP, length: 29 13:14:22.958049 IP booting.client.ip.56835 > install.server.ip.32796: UDP, length: 4 13:14:22.958163 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56835: UDP, length: 1444 .....snip........ 13:14:23.245002 IP booting.client.ip.56835 > install.server.ip.32796: UDP, length: 4 13:14:23.415832 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56836: UDP, length: 29 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving pxelinux.cfg/booting.client.mac.addr to booting.client.ip:57089 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving pxelinux.cfg/0A0A1426 to booting.client.ip:56834 Mar 10 13:14:22 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving 9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/linux64 to booting.client.ip:56835 Mar 10 13:14:23 hostname tftpd[10243]: Serving 9.2.eval.dvd/boot/loader/initrd64 to booting.client.ip:56836 13:14:28.585856 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56836: UDP, length: 29 Mar 10 13:14:28 hostname tftpd[10243]: timeout: retrying... 13:14:33.585049 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56836: UDP, length: 29 13:14:38.584206 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip8.56836: UDP, length: 29 13:14:43.583383 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip8.56836: UDP, length: 29 13:14:48.582561 IP install.server.ip.32796 > booting.client.ip.56836: UDP, length: 29 Mar 10 13:14:48 hostname last message repeated 4 times