Re: Kickstart install over gige interface on HP zx6000

Bill Nottingham <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:04:27 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.ia64.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jason Holland ([email protected]) said: 
>   I'm hoping someone can help with this peculiar problem.  I am trying to
> setup an automated kickstart install on an HP zx6000.  The machine has
> dual interfaces, 1 10/100 and also a gige interface.  Our cluster
> currently takes advantage of the gige interface, so consequently I'd like
> to do my automated installs over that interface.  However, the RedHat
> installer will not assign a dhcp address during the install, it just
> hangs.  It gets weird.  This works perfectly fine if I use a static
> address, so the interface is good and functions.  DHCP assignment will
> work if I use the 10/100 interface, so DHCP is setup correctly.  When I do
> a lanboot from the EFI shell and select the gige interface, I get an IP
> address, and the tftpboot sequence kicks off ok.  But somehow if fails to
> get an ip during the install.  Has anyway had this problem before?

Perhaps it's not negotiating correctly?

Bill