Hi,
I noticed that for the net install I had to send twice the dhcp request.
I now understand where it comes from:
The DNS server does not know about my machine name, so the install script
fails because the reverse name lookup fails.
I just need an IP, and the install goes on at the second time, popping up
the correct domain name. I then just have to complete the host name.
I think the install script should be modified to warn the user that the name
lookup failed, instead of saying that the dhcp request failed (which is
partially wrong).
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kel
>From: Niklas Paulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Cooker] bootnet,dhcp,3c905mba not working
>Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:17:42 +0000
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to make a network installation using the latest cooker
>bootnet.img (from ftp.sunet.se).
>
>Dhcp/bootp just refuses to work.
>
>The nic is a 3com 3c905b-mba , mobo is a intel bx2. Dhcp is working
>correctly on the same machine when under normal operations and
>redhat/lorax bootnet is figuring out the dhcp.
>
>This is _really_ confusing, since I never had any problems before with
>3c905 cards, thank you Donald Becker.
>
>When doing a tcpdump at the same time as the installations runs I can
>clearly see that the clients sends out dhcpdiscovers and gets a
>dhcpoffer from the server but no dhcpack in reply. _Maybe_ there is a
>bit to long delay between when the client is doing the dhcp request and
>the discover/offer packets show up in tcpdump.
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome, I have some 25 machines with the
>905-mba nic waiting to be kickstarted ....
>
>/N
>
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>Niklas Paulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>System Administrator at Dept. of Informatic , G�teborgs University
>"Linux isn't just an operating system: It's a way of life."
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