On 03/05/2011 01:23 PM, Christian Horn wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 10:41:19AM -0500, Bob Cochran wrote: >> My problem: when I turn on the machine that is to PXE boot, I get a >> PXE-E53 error message: "No boot filename recieved". > Sounds like the 'filename' parameter is missing in you dhcpd.conf, > instructing the client what file to fetch as netboot loader. > Instructions on the net on how to setup pxe-environments will help. > > Thank you Christian! It looks like Verizon routers which are able to do dhcp will only implement parts of the dhcp protocol and don't send that needed "filename" parameter. I found a second router box, and put my cobbler server plus the machine I want to install Fedora 14 to on a new subnet. I tested to make sure I have internet access for the cobbler server. Then I installed dhcp on the cobbler server, edited the dhcp.template to reflect this information, turned on the manage_dhcp parameter, started dhcp, restarted cobbler, did a cobbler check and a cobbler sync. So far all was well. Then I edited my kickstart file. Then I turned on the machine I want to install to, and up came the cobbler screen!
I am now testing whether the kickstart file really works. The bottom line seems to be that on my home network, I really need to have the ISC flavor of dhcp working if I want to do network booting. Bob Cochran _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
