http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494197 Summary: NFS repository doesn't work with netboot Build0052 - nfs module missing? Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Factory Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: harbaugh@ncifcrf.gov QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032608 Firefox/3.0.8 Attempted a manual install using openSUSE-Factory-NET-x86_64-Build0052-Media.iso netboot image, with repository on NFS. manual install cannot 'find' the repository: .. Your network is already configured. Keep this configuration? 1) Yes 2) No

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Enter the IP address of the NFS server [10.0.50.11]> Enter the directory on the server [/install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss/]> repository: looking for nfs://10.0.50.11/install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss/?device=eth3 rescanning devices url mount: trying nfs://10.0.50.11/install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss/?device=eth3 nfs: /install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss/ -> /var/adm/mount (19) url mount: nfs://10.0.50.11/install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss/?device=eth3 failed repository: not found no openSUSE repository found *** No repository found. Choose the network protocol. .. I went into a shell to see if I could ping the host and I could. I tried to NFS mount the parent directory by-hand. But the mount command would not mount the directory / # ping -c 3 10.0.50.11 PING 10.0.50.11 (10.0.50.11) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.50.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.12 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.50.11: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.125 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.50.11: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.105 ms --- 10.0.50.11 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.105/0.450/1.122/0.475 ms / # mkdir /dist /o# mount -t nfs 10.0.50.11:/install /dist / # echo $? 254 / # ls /dist . .. / # mount rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 tmpfs / tmpfs rw,size=0k,nr_inodes=0 0 0 tmpfs / tmpfs rw,size=0k,nr_inodes=0 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 The NFS server does not restrict access to the directory. The original mount request made it through to the server as seen in it's log: Apr 11 06:10:32 sbctr-mgt01 mountd[4056]: authenticated mount request from mandy-private:605 for /install/suse_rsync/Factory/repo/oss (/install) Also, the nfs.ko module is missing from the installation media / # modprobe nfs FATAL: Module nfs not found. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot netboot iso and verify that NFS server housing distro is accessible 2. start installation, specifying NFS server 3. Actual Results: netboot is unable to mount the repository located on NFS Expected Results: repository should have been NFS mounted on /var/adm/mount -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.