-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Per Jessen wrote:
Mark Misulich wrote:
On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 17:41 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I have been trying to install the os on two computers that won't boot from the install dvd. I have been trying to install using tftp and pxe via lan, but its not working. I think the problem may be that I don't have the dhcp-server set up correctly on this computer, as the client computer isn't getting an ip address when it boots with dhcp. You should be able to determine that from the /var/log/messages where your dhcp server is running.
Is it possible to help me with setting up the server correctly? I don't know how to do this, really, so you will have to expect some replies that might seem kind of dumb until I learn what to do. Sure, let us know how far you have gotten. Hi, I found this message in /var/log/boot.omsg
Setting up (remotefs) network interfaces: Setting up service (remotefs) network . . . . . . . . . .done Starting DHCP server Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.1.1 Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ /var/lib/dhcp///etc/dhcpd.conf line 16: expecting numeric value. subnet 192.168.1.0netmask ^ Configuration file errors encountered -- exiting
Okay, so to start with your dhcp server isn't properly configured. Looks like a blank is missing?
After I installed the dhcp-server program with yast, I also didn't find a file like /etc/dhcp-server/dhcpd.conf. I did find /etc/dhcp.conf, and I pasted a sample configuration into it from the tutorial that I was using. The tutorial didn't go into depth about how to set up the server.
This is a snippet from my dhcp conf which supports machines botting etherboot from floppy, then running pxe:
group { filename "pxelinux.0"; next-server io64.local.net;
host dell1 { hardware ethernet 00:0f:1f:dd:fc:50; fixed-address 192.168.2.81; } }
Hmm... not sure a dhcp server is a requirement. I do not run one and have installed succesfully using PXE in past... IIRC The PXE client client broadcasts a packet that contains the client MAC address... a PXE server then responds with the location of a boot image appropriate for the client associated with the MAC address which is downloaded and control is passed to that image (PXE is a more advanced version of BOOTP). There is a good reference on the SuSE site about installing via PXE (cannot remember link at moment). Thought there was a gotcha in the TFTP configuration... But of course to work, PXE support is required (usually in hardware, though I vaguely remember a reference to a software solution). No PXE support then forget it.... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyjBosACgkQasN0sSnLmgKnNgCg+HMzXbN7NTS4H9QgFvwtq5kN 27wAoKlpdMQYc1DJ2HwW/XsRsq8YpJ8v =otzT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org