It appears that I have discovered what the problem is, it looks like you must have valid forward and reverse DNS entries for any DHCP or static addresses used for the Network installation to work properly. The problem is that I am in a lab that does not have this configured. Does anyone know if there is a way around this for SLES8? Any help is much appreciated. Jeff

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Anas Nashif nashif@suse.de> 2/10/2004 1:04:56 PM >>

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I am having difficulties with the autoinstall of sles8 via HTTP. When I boot up, I receive the following error after the hardware detection and activation of usb devices: "Could not find the UnitedLinux Installation Source. Activating manual setup program." So I then go through

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manual screen and verify that my network card (eth0) is loaded, and select 'Start Installation / System > Start Installation / Update > network > HTTP. If I choose 'Automatic Configuration via DHCP?', I get this error: "DHCP Configuration Failed." If I choose no on 'Automcatic Configuration via DHCP" and manually put in my static IP address, netmask and gateway, I get this error: "An error occurred during the network configuration. Probably your network card was not recognized by the kernel!" Here are some more details of my setup. My installation source is loop mounted ISO's setup as described here: http://www.suse.de/~nashif/autoinstall/faq.html#id2459380. I am using the SP3 kernel, initrd and have the driverupdate at the root of the source as suggested. I have tried this on multiple machines with

Jeff Crow wrote: the the

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same result.

At this point of the installation, you haveto verify two things: 1. You have supplied the correct installation source with the "install" keyword and make sure the files are accessable. 2. Verify the NIC is actually configured. This can be seen on the third console. Follow the messages on the console and see where it is hanging and why. Usually its the wrong kernel module or something similar.

Anas

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I would appreciate any suggestions or solutions.

Thanks,

Jeff

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