Package: network-preseed Version: 1.41
We are experiencing problems automatically installing Debian Lenny on a number of dedicated servers using PXE and preseed. Our setup works correctly with some hardware configurations, while others give a "Failed to retrieve the preconfiguration file" error message. If we manually press "Continue" and tell Debian installer to fetch the preconfiguration file a second time from the menu, installation does work properly. I suspect the reason it does not work the first time is that Debian installer does not bother to wait before the network link is ready, before attempting to fetch the preconfiguration file. When I press alt-F4 and look at the messages it shows: == 23:15:29 main-menu[1624]: INFO: menu item 'network-preseed' selected 23:15:32 kernel: eth0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex Flow control: none == So if I understand the messages correctly the network-preseed routine is executed 3 seconds before the link is actually up? We assign a static network configuration to the servers using boot parameters like this: == kernel http://INSTALL-SERVER/main/installer- amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux netcfg/choose_interface=auto debian-installer/locale=en_US kbd- chooser/method=us console-keymaps-at/keymap=us netcfg/disable_dhcp=true netcfg/get_ipaddress=$ip netcfg/get_netmask=$netmask netcfg/get_gateway=$gateway netcfg/get_nameservers=127.0.0.1 netcfg/get_hostname=$hostname netcfg/get_domain= preseed/url=http://INSTALL- SERVER/kickstart.php/debian-preseed (where $ip $netmask $gateway and $hostname is filled in with the information of the server being provisioned) == KVM over IP screenshot of the error message: http://image.bayimg.com/gabigaade.jpg Screenshot of the messages: http://image.bayimg.com/gabihaade.jpg Yours sincerely, Floris Bos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201012092222.10536....@je-eigen-domein.nl