Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote: > Mike > > Kick start via NFS through multiple routers is much more reliable over TCP > than with UDP. I have run in some very strange issues with anaconda and NFS > via UDP. I recommend TCP as the default for all RHEL / Centos 4 and 5 builds. > I don't believe that --opts=tcp is supported in earlier version is an > anaconda. > >
Now that we have --os-version filled in via import we can presumably set that conditionally. Good to know. Perhaps file a RFE in Trac? ( http://fedorahosted.org/cobbler ) > > Joseph Boyer Jr > Enterprise Technology Services > Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > T +1 646.660.8352 > C +1 646.284.8394 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael DeHaan > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:40 AM > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: RH NFS TCP UDP installs > > Joseph Boyer Jr. wrote: > >> Tim, >> >> I use the nfs string you mention below in my kickstart template and have >> added these variables to my /etc/cobbler/settings so that cobbler picks them >> up when it generates the ks.cfg >> >> The vars are: >> >> Nfs_server: 'ip address' >> Nfs_distro_root: 'my distro path' >> >> >> -joe >> >> Joseph Boyer Jr >> Enterprise Technology Services >> Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> T +1 646.660.8352 >> C +1 646.284.8394 >> >> > > I should also add that if your trees are already on NFS, it can set up > the URL parts for you automatically. Maybe this was already known, but > anyway, this simplifies finding trees over NFS and can be useful: > > Assume you have /mnt/nfs and that is accessible as > nfs://foosball.example.org/somepath > > To import all distribution trees under /mnt/nfs and to get the "url" > lines set up automatically, all you do is... > > cobbler import --name=someprefix --mirror=/mnt/nfs > --available-as=nfs://foosball.example.org/somepath > > It does not however add the opts --tcp. > > What's the reason for the interest in --opts=tcp ? We could perhaps > change the default. > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim French >> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:11 PM >> To: cobbler mailing list >> Subject: RH NFS TCP UDP installs >> >> I know it's not a cobbler question but maybe someone has run into this >> prob. >> >> It seems that RH (and thus cobbler) uses UDP for NFS kickstarts. >> >> How are folks NFS kickstarting with their Filers using NFS over TCP? >> >> The official RH line is to use a boot command line option for RH4. >> >> >> Further research shows: >> >> It look like adding >> --opts=tcp to the nfs line in the ks file would works. >> >> Since the ks file is generated on-the-fly how do I get something that >> looks like this >> >> # INSTALLATION TYPE >> nfs --server $nfs_server --dir $nfs_distro_root/$distro --opts=tcp >> >> >> Timothy French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Office of Information Technology, University of Utah >> Key fingerprint = 838C F04D AAC8 6D9C 7ED7 2629 925E BF3E 1FD1 826C >> This is a bit kludgy, so you might want to rethink why you want to do it. >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
