On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 19:45 +0200, 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; } }
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I think that the instructions are telling pxelinux.0 to boot then go to the local net. How do I find the address of the local net? Then I think that it is telling it to go to the host server, how do I exactly find the mac and ip addresses for it on the local net? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org